New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE LOWER MURRUMBIDGEE GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2003 - REG 28

28 Variation of extraction limits

(1) The Minister may under section 45 (1) (b) of the Act amend clause 27 after 30 June 2011 to vary the extraction limit in accordance with:

(a) any change to the average annual recharge arising from clause 16 (2), or

(b) any change to the environmental health water arising from clause 18 (2).

(2) If the extraction limit is amended under subclause (1) then:

(a) the extraction limit will not be greater than 390,000 ML/yr in the Deep Groundwater Source, plus the total water allocations made to supplementary water access licences under clause 29, plus the total requirements for basic landholder rights at the commencement of this plan, and

(b) the extraction limit will not be less than 230,000 ML/yr in the Deep Groundwater Source, plus the total water allocations made to supplementary water access licences under clause 29, plus the total requirements for basic landholder rights at the commencement of this plan.