New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

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

25D Share components of supplementary water access licences

(1) Those Water Act entitlements that are to be converted to an aquifer access licence in this groundwater source under clause 25C may also receive a supplementary water access licence where history of extraction (as defined in subclause 25C (5)) is greater than the share component determined in clause 25C.

(2) The share component of a supplementary water access licence created under subclause (1) will be established for those licenses in accordance with the following formula:

(3) It is estimated that at the time of commencement of this Plan the sum of the share components of supplementary water access licences established under subclause (2) will total 21,252 megalitres.

Note: Not all aquifer access licences will receive a supplementary water access licence. Only those licences that have a HoE as defined in subclauses 25C (5) which is greater than their new Aquifer Access Licence Share component will receive supplementary water access licences.