New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE KARUAH RIVER WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 51

51 Adjustment to TDELs and IDELs

(1) Where IDELs are assigned under clauses 49 and 50 any unassigned TDEL is reduced accordingly, and the TDEL assigned to the appropriate access licence category in clause 46 is increased accordingly.

(2) Pursuant to section 45 (1) (b) of the Act, if total extraction of water under domestic and stock or native title rights exceeds the volume specified in Part 5 of this Plan:

(a) first any unassigned TDEL then, if necessary, the TDEL for unregulated river access licences in clause 46 (c) shall be diminished to allow these additional basic landholder rights to be met, and

(b) the IDELs of each unregulated river access licence will then be reduced to comply with this diminished TDEL.

(3) Pursuant to section 45 (1) (b) of the Act, if any unassigned TDEL cannot meet either:

(a) the IDEL requirements of applicants for new access licences for unregulated river (Aboriginal cultural) access or unregulated river (research) access, or

(b) a local water utility’s IDEL requirements,

then the TDEL for unregulated river access licences in clause 46 (c) will be diminished to such an extent as to allow those requirements to be met.

(4) Following an adjustment to the TDEL for unregulated river access licences in subclause (3) the IDELs of each unregulated river access licence will then be reduced to comply with this diminished TDEL.

(5) Any adjustment to unregulated river access licence IDELs arising from this clause will be done at intervals of no greater than 5 years.

(6) If water that pursuant to an access licence:

(a) is committed to adaptive environmental water, then the TDEL for classes specified on the committed access licence in the specified category will be reduced by the IDEL on the access licence so committed and clauses 45 and 46 adjusted accordingly, or

(b) is uncommitted to adaptive environmental water, then the TDEL for classes specified on the committed access licence in the specified category will be increased by the IDEL on the access licence so uncommitted and clauses 45 and 46 adjusted accordingly.