New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE LOWER MURRUMBIDGEE GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2003 - REG 51

51 Access licence conditions

(1) All access licences shall have mandatory conditions to give effect to the provisions of this Plan in relation to the following:

(a) the specification of the share component of the access licence,

(b) the specification of the extraction component of the access licence,

(c) the requirement that all taking of water under the access licence will be subject to the available water determinations,

(d) the requirement that all taking of water under the access licence will be subject to any local impact management restrictions established in this Plan,

(e) the requirement that all taking of water under the access licence will be subject to the account management rules established in this Plan,

(f) the requirement that water may only be taken under the access licence by the water supply work (bore) nominated by the access licence,

(g) the taking of water in accordance with the access licence may only occur if the resulting debit from the access licence water allocation account will not exceed the volume of water allocation remaining in the account, and

(h) any other conditions required to implement the provisions of this Plan.

(2) All supplementary water access licences shall have mandatory conditions to give effect to clause 25E (2) and (3), in relation to the amendment of access licence share components.

(3) All local water utility access licences shall have mandatory conditions that only allow the taking of water for the exercise of a water supply function of the local water utility or for other such purpose provided for under the Act.

(4) All access licences shall have mandatory conditions to give effect to clauses 36, 37 and 38, in relation to water level management, water quality management and protection of groundwater dependent ecosystems.