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WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE LOWER NORTH COAST UNREGULATED AND ALLUVIAL WATER SOURCES 2009 

- Made under the Water Management Act 2000
- As at 11 November 2009
- Reg 348 of 2009

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - INTRODUCTION

   1.      Name of this Plan
   2.      Nature and Status of this Plan
   3.      Date of commencement
   4.      Water sources to which this Plan applies
   5.      Management zones
   6.      Amendment of this Part
   7.      Interpretation

   PART 2 - VISION, OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

   8.      Vision, objectives, strategies and performance indicators
   9.      Vision
   10.     Objectives
   11.     Strategies
   12.     Performance indicators

   PART 3 - BASIS FOR WATER SHARING

   13.     Basis for water sharing
   14.     Climatic variability
   15.     Extraction management unit for these water sources
   16.     Flow reference points
   17.     Flow classes for these water sources

   PART 4 - ENVIRONMENTAL WATER PROVISIONS

   18.     Environmental water provisions
   19.     Planned environmental water
   20.     Adaptive environmental water

   PART 5 - BASIC LANDHOLDER RIGHTS

   21.     Basic landholder rights
   22.     Domestic and stock rights
   23.     Native title rights
   24.     Harvestable rights

   PART 6 - BULK ACCESS REGIME

   25.     Bulk access regime

   PART 7 - REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER UNDER ACCESS LICENCES

   26.     Requirements for water under access licences
   27.     Share component of domestic and stock access licences
   28.     Share component of local water utility access licences
   29.     Share component of major utility access licences
   30.     Share component of unregulated river access licences
   31.     Share component of unregulated river (high flow) access licences
   32.     Share component of aquifer access licences
   33.     Changes to total share components

   PART 8 - RULES FOR GRANTING ACCESS LICENCES

   34.     Rules for granting access licences

   PART 9 - RULES FOR GRANTING OR AMENDING WATER SUPPLY WORKS APPROVALS

           Division 1 - General

   35.     Granting or amending water supply works approvals
   36.     Runoff harvesting dams
   37.     In-river dams

           Division 2 - Water supply works used to take water from the alluvial sediments in these water sources

   38.     Rules for granting or amending approvals for water supply works used to take water from the alluvial sediments in these water sources
   39.     Rules for granting or amending water supply works approvals
   40.     Rules for granting or amending water supply works approvals near contamination sources
   41.     Rules for granting or amending water supply works approvals near sensitive environmental areas

   PART 10 - LIMITS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER

           Division 1 - Long-term average annual extraction limit

   42.     Limits to the availability of water
   43.     Extraction management units for these water sources
   44.     Long-term average annual extraction limit
   45.     Variation of the long-term average annual extraction limit
   46.     Assessment of the long-term average annual extraction limit
   47.     Compliance with the long-term average annual extraction limits

           Division 2 - Available water determinations

   48.     Available water determinations
   49.     Available water determinations for domestic and stock access licences
   50.     Available water determinations for local water utility access licences
   51.     Available water determinations for major utility access licences
   52.     Available water determinations for unregulated river access licences
   53.     Available water determinations for unregulated river (high flow) access licences
   54.     Available water determinations for aquifer access licences

   PART 11 - RULES FOR MANAGING ACCESS LICENCES

           Division 1 - General

   55.     Rules for managing access licences

           Division 2 - Water allocation account management

   56.     Individual access licence account management rules

           Division 3 - Sharing surface water flows on a daily basis

   57.     Sharing surface water flows on a daily basis
   58.     Establishment and assignment of total daily extraction limits
   59.     Unassigned TDEL
   60.     Granting of unassigned TDEL
   61.     Individual daily extraction limits for access licences
   62.     Adjustment to TDELS and IDELs
   63.     Administrative arrangements for managing access to daily flows (approved group)
   64.     Amendments to this Plan for the purposes of sharing of surface water flows on a daily basis
   65.     Accreditation Scheme in these water sources
   66.     Access to the Very Low Flow Class in these water sources

           Division 4 - Management of surface and groundwater connectivity

   67.     Access licences which nominated water supply works which may be used to take water from alluvial sediments in these water sources

   PART 12 - ACCESS LICENCE DEALING RULES

   68.     Access licence dealing rules
   69.     Rules relating to constraints within these water sources
   70.     Rules for change of water source
   71.     Rules for conversion of access licence category
   72.     Rules for interstate access licence transfer and assignments of water allocation
   73.     Rules for water allocation assignments between water sources

   PART 13 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS

           Division 1 - Mandatory conditions on access licences

   74.     Mandatory conditions on all access licences
   75.     Mandatory conditions relating to the taking of water
   76.     Mandatory conditions for access to the Very Low Flow Class
   77.     Mandatory conditions on domestic and stock access licences
   78.     Mandatory conditions on aquifer access licences
   79.     Mandatory conditions on Aboriginal cultural and Aboriginal community development access licences
   80.     New access licences granted in these water sources

           Division 2 - Mandatory conditions on water supply work approvals

   81.     Mandatory conditions on all water supply work approvals (except works taking water from the alluvial sediments)
   82.     Mandatory conditions on approvals for water supply works taking water from the alluvial sediments in these water sources
   83.     Mandatory conditions for existing water supply works taking water from the alluvial sediments in these water sources

   PART 14 - SYSTEM OPERATION RULES

   84.     Rules for major utility storages

   PART 15 - AMENDMENT OF THIS PLAN

   85.     Amendment of this Plan
   86.     Amendment of very low flow provisions
   87.     Amendment of tidal pool provisions
   88.     Amendment of pool protection provisions
   89.     Amendments due to floodplain harvesting
   90.     Amendments for alluvial aquifers downstream of the tidal limit
   91.     Amendments for stormwater harvesting
   92.     Amendments in relation to Schedule 2 (Very Low Flow)
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           SCHEDULE 4
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2

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