New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE HUNTER REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 4

4 Area and waters to which this Plan applies

(1) The water source in respect of which this Plan is made is:

(a) between the banks of all rivers, from the upstream limit of Glenbawn Dam water storage downstream to the estuary of the Hunter River, and from the upstream limit of Glennies Creek Dam water storage downstream to the junction with the Hunter River, which at the date of commencement of this Plan have been declared by the Minister to be regulated rivers, and

(b) the unconsolidated alluvial sediments underlying the waterfront land of all rivers referred to in subclause (a), except those unconsolidated alluvial sediments within one metre of works taking water pursuant to licences issued under Part 5 of the Water Act 1912 or their equivalent aquifer access licences issued under the Act.

Note: A regulated river is a river that has been declared by the Minister, by order published in the New South Wales Government Gazette, to be a regulated river.

Note: The regulated rivers referred to in subclause (1) are listed in Appendix 1.

Note: Waterfront land has the meaning defined in the Act.

(2) The water source shall be known as the Hunter Regulated River Water Source (hereafter "this water source").

(3) The rivers included in this water source may be varied, clause 4 (1) (b) replaced and other changes made to this Plan under section 45 (1) (b) of the Act as set out in Part 14 of this Plan.

(4) This water source is within the Hunter Water Management Area as constituted by the Ministerial Order published in the NSW Government Gazette (hereafter "the Gazette") on 23 November 2001.

Note: The Hunter Water Management Area is shown on the map in Appendix 2.

Note: Management of floodplain harvesting is not a component of this water sharing plan. Management of floodplain harvesting will occur according to a number of state-wide management principles, attached in Appendix 3.