New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GWYDIR REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2002 - REG 39

39 Available water determinations for supplementary water access licences

(1) An available water determination for supplementary water access licences shall be made at the commencement of each water year and shall define the number of megalitres per unit share that can be taken in that year.

(2) The available water determination made under subclause (1) for the first year of this Plan shall be 1.25 megalitres per unit share.

(3) The available water determination made under subclause (1) for the second and third years of this Plan shall be 1.25 megalitres per unit share subject to:

(a) the Gwydir IQQM model being submitted to the Murray Darling Basin Commission by July 2005 for approval in accordance with Schedule F of the Murray Darling Basin Agreement, and

(b) the submitted model demonstrating that an available water determination limit of 1 megalitre per unit share will result in long-term extractions being less than or equal to the value referred to in clause 30 (1) (b).

(4) If the conditions specified in subclause (3) (a) and (3) (b) have not been met then the available water determination made under subclause (1) for the second and third years of this Plan shall be 1 megalitre per unit share or such lower amount as results from the operation of clause 32 (2).

(5) The available water determination made under subclause (1) shall not exceed 1 megalitre per unit share or such lower amount as results from the operation of clause 32 (2), except where the available water determination is made in accordance with subclause (2) or (3).