WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN REGION UNREGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCES 2011 - REG 45 General

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN REGION UNREGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCES 2011 - REG 45

45 General

(1) Available water determinations for access licences with a share component that specifies one of these water sources are to be expressed as either:

(a) a percentage of share component for access licences which have share components specified as megalitres per year, or

(b) megalitres per unit share for access licences which have share components specified as a number of unit shares.

(2) Subject to subclause (3), the sum of available water determinations made for any access licence with a share component that specifies one of these water sources must not, in any water year, exceed:

(a) 100% of the access licence share component or such lower amount that results from Division 1 of this Part, for all access licences where share components are specified as megalitres per year, or

(b) 1 megalitre per unit share of the access licence share component or such lower amount that results from Division 1 of this Part, for all access licences where share components are specified as a number of unit shares.

(3) For the first water year of this Plan, subclause (2) does not apply to domestic and stock access licences, local water utility access licences, unregulated river access licences and unregulated river (high flow) access licences with a share component that specifies one of these water sources.