New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GWYDIR REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2002 - REG 47

47 Numerical specification of extraction components

(1) At any time during the term of this Plan, the Minister may, in accordance with the mandatory conditions on access licences, amend the extraction components of access licences in this water source, or in any section of this water source.

(2) Action under subclause (1) should be undertaken as follows:

(a) the specified rate in the extraction component of each access licence should be a volume per unit time or a share of supply capability,

(a) the specified rate in the extraction component of each domestic and stock, local water utility and regulated river (high security) access licence should be sufficient to satisfy the maximum daily water needs, and

(c) after satisfying subclause (b), the remaining supply capability should be distributed among regulated river (general security) access licences in proportion to the share component of each access licence.

(3) When action under subclause (1) is undertaken, the Minister may also, in accordance with mandatory conditions on access licences, amend the extraction components of access licences in other sections of the water source to exclude extractions in sections of the water source affected by the action under subclause (1).