New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsAll approvals for water supply works in this water source shall have mandatory conditions to give effect to the provisions of this Plan in relation to the following:
(a) flow measurement devices:(i) shall be installed and maintained on all works used for extraction of water under an access licence, and(ii) shall be of a type and shall be maintained in a manner which is acceptable to the Minister,
(b) water extraction and property water management infrastructure details shall be provided to the Minister on request,
(c) it is the responsibility of the work approval holder to ascertain from the Minister the flow class at any time before commencing to take water under an access licence with an IDEL,
(d) notwithstanding all other rights and conditions, extraction of water from a river by an approved water supply work is not permitted if there is no visible flow in the river in the vicinity of the work,
(e) extraction under an access licence through an approved work is only authorised with respect to the access licences specified on the work approval,
(f) approvals for in-river dams must include a condition requiring the passing of such flows as the Minister determines to be appropriate to achieve the objectives of this Plan,
(g) in accordance with clause 72, where the Minister finds that the water supply work modifies or will modify flow adversely and recommends that the work is retained, mandatory conditions shall be placed on the water supply work approval to ensure that the operation of the water supply work reflects the objectives of this Plan, and
(h) all applications for an approval to modify or to renew a water supply work on a river that may inhibit fish passage shall require a fishway.