New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE LOWER GWYDIR GROUNDWATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 45

45 Rules relating to constraints within a groundwater source

(1) This clause applies to any relevant dealings under sections 71Q, 71S, and 71W of the Act, and section 71T of the Act with respect to allocation assignments within this groundwater source.

(2) Dealings are prohibited under this clause if:

(a) any of the access licences or water allocations involved are not within this groundwater source,

(b) the dealing would result in the total extraction under access licences through nominated works in the area, plus basic landholder rights extraction, causing any adverse local impact in accordance with Part 10 Division 3 of this Plan,

(c) the dealing would result in any increase in the total access licence share components nominating works within the Gwydir Watercourse Plan of Management area, as shown in Schedule 2,

(d) the dealing would result in any increase in the total water allocations credited to access licences nominating works within the Gwydir Watercourse Plan of Management area, as shown in Schedule 2,

(e) the dealing involves a supplementary water access licence, or any water allocation credited to a supplementary water access licence water allocation account,

(f) the dealing involves any assignment of access rights from any access licence specified in Schedule 4,

(g) the dealing involves any water allocation assignments from any access licence specified in Schedule 4, or

(h) the dealing involves any nomination of works by any access licence specified in Schedule 4, other than those nominated by the licence at the commencement of this Plan.