New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE LOWER MURRAY GROUNDWATER SOURCE - REG 56

56 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 all local access rules for any local impact area established under 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.

Note: Appendix 4 has recommendations for application of water from this groundwater source onto the land surface.

(2) All supplementary water access licences shall have mandatory conditions to give effect to clause 29, 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 41, 42, 43, and 47, in relation to water level management, water quality management, aquifer integrity and protection of groundwater dependent ecosystems.