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WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN REGION UNREGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCES 2011 - REG 4 Application of this Plan

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN REGION UNREGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCES 2011 - REG 4

Application of this Plan

4 Application of this Plan

(1) This Plan applies to the Greater Metropolitan Region Unregulated River Water Sources which is comprised of the following water sources (hereafter
"these water sources" ) within the Southern Water Management Area, the Hawkesbury Nepean Water Management Area, the Southern Sydney Water Management Area, and the Sydney Harbour Water Management Area:
(a) Shoalhaven River Water Source,
(b) Illawarra Rivers Water Source,
(c) Upper Nepean and Upstream Warragamba Water Source,
(d) Hawkesbury and Lower Nepean Rivers Water Source,
(e) Southern Sydney Rivers Water Source, and
(f) Northern Sydney Rivers Water Source.
Note : The Southern Water Management Area, the Hawkesbury Nepean Water Management Area, the Southern Sydney Water Management Area and the Sydney Harbour Water Management Area were constituted by Ministerial order made under section 11 of the Water Management Act 2000 published in the NSW Government Gazette No 180 on 23 November 2001 at page 9389.
(2) These water sources are shown on the Plan Map called Plan Map (WSP016_Version 2), Water Sharing Plan for the Greater Metropolitan Region Unregulated River Water Sources 2011 (hereafter the
"Plan Map" ) held by the Department.
Note : The Plan Map is part of this Plan. An overview of the Plan Map is shown in Appendix 1. Copies of the Plan Map may be inspected at the offices listed in Appendix 3 and are available on the NSW legislation website.
(3) Subject to subclause (4), these water sources include all water:
(a) occurring naturally on the surface of the ground within the boundaries of these water sources shown on the Plan Map, and
(b) in rivers, lakes, estuaries and wetlands within the boundaries of these water sources show on the Plan Map.
(4) These water sources do not include water contained in:
(a) the coastal sands,
(b) any fractured rocks or porous rocks,
(c) the area below the mangrove limit,
(e) any alluvial sediments, and
(f) the Mooney Mooney Creek Water Source and the Mangrove Creek Water Source as defined in the Water Sharing Plan for the Central Coast Unregulated Water Sources 2009 .
(5) This Plan, as amended by the Water Sharing Plan for the Greater Metropolitan Region Unregulated River Water Sources Amendment Order 2016 , replaces the Water Sharing Plan for the Kangaroo River Water Source 2003 .