New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE LOWER LACHLAN GROUNDWATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 25C

25C Share components of aquifer access licences

(1) For each entitlement referred to in Column 1 of Schedule 4 applying to the licences listed in Column 2 of Schedule 4 that are to become aquifer access licences in this groundwater source at the commencement of this Plan, the share component is to be equal to the share component in Column 3 of Schedule 4.

(2) For those Water Act property entitlements not listed in Column 1 of Schedule 4 that are to become aquifer access licences in this groundwater source at the commencement of this Plan, the total share component (TSC) will be calculated using the following formulae:

(3) For those Water Act property entitlements not listed in Column 1 of Schedule 4 that are to become aquifer access licences in this groundwater source at the commencement of this Plan, the individual share component will be calculated using the following formulae:

(4) For the purposes of subclause (3) history of extraction for each late developer Water Act Property entitlement is equal to the minimum of:

(a) for entitlements where the average of the 3 highest years of extraction from 1998/99-2003/04 is less than half of the Water Act entitlement and the licensee developed irrigation infrastructure after the 30 June 2003 the daily bore capacity in megalitres multiplied by 150, or

(b) for entitlements where the average of the 3 highest years of extraction from 1998/99-2003/04 is less than half of the Water Act entitlement, the licensee developed irrigation infrastructure after the 30 June 2003 and the licensee did not have a surface water entitlement; the area developed for irrigation multiplied by 6.5 ML per hectare, or

(c) for entitlements where the average of the 3 highest years of extraction from 1998/99-2003/04 is less than half of the Water Act entitlement, the licensee developed irrigation infrastructure after the 30 June 2003 and the licensee had a surface water entitlement the area developed for groundwater irrigation multiplied by 6.5 ML per hectare where the area developed for groundwater irrigation is calculated from the formulae:

(5) For the purposes of subclause (3) and for clause 25D history of extraction (HoE) for each Water Act Property entitlement is equal to the lesser of:

(a) the Water Act entitlement, or

(b) the greater of:

(i) the average of the 3 highest years of extraction from 1998/99-2003/04; or

(ii) history of extraction for late developers defined in subclause (4).

(6) It is estimated that at the time of commencement of this Plan the share components of access licences established under this clause will total 105,654.