New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE LACHLAN REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 51

51 Rules relating to constraints within this water source

(1) This clause relates to dealings under sections 71O, 71Q and 71W of the Act and to dealings in respect of water allocation assignments within this water source under section 71T of the Act.

(2) Any dealing that would result in the total of A plus B plus C exceeding 23,457 is prohibited, where:

(a) "A" is the total number of unit shares of regulated river (general security) access licences nominating water supply works on the section of Willandra Creek that is part of this water source multiplied by X, where X is as specified in clause 35 (1),

(b) "B" is the total number of unit shares of all other access licences whose share component is specified in unit shares and whose nominated water supply works are on the section of Willandra Creek that is part of this water source, and

(c) "C" is the total number of megalitres per year of access licences whose share component is specified in megalitres per year and whose nominated water supply works are on the section of Willandra Creek that is part of this water source.

(3) Any dealing that would result in the total of A plus B exceeding the total of A plus B at the commencement of the Plan is prohibited, where:

(a) "A" is the total number of unit shares of access licences whose share component is specified in unit shares and whose nominated water supply works are on the Lachlan River downstream of Booligal, and

(b) "B" is the total number of megalitres per year of access licences whose share component is specified in megalitres per year and whose nominated water supply works are on the Lachlan River downstream of Booligal.

(4) Any dealing that would result in the assignment of all or part of the share component of an access licence, whose extraction component only permits the taking of water upstream of Lake Cargelligo Weir, to an access licence, whose extraction component only permits the taking of water downstream of Lake Cargelligo Weir, is prohibited.

(5) Any dealing that would result in the assignment of all or part of the share component of an access licence, whose extraction component only permits the taking of water downstream of Lake Cargelligo Weir, to an access licence, whose extraction component only permits the taking of water upstream of Lake Cargelligo Weir, is prohibited.

(6) A water allocation assignment is prohibited if it would result in exceeding 31,000 megalitres, where:

(7) Subclauses (4), (5) and (6) may be varied under section 45 (1) (b) of the Act and as set out in Part 14 of this Plan.

(8) Any water allocation assignment that would result in the total volume of water allocation that may be taken in any water year under access licences nominating water supply works in the section of Willandra Creek that is part of this water source, exceeding 23,457 Megalitres.

(9) Any water allocation assignment that would result in the total number of megalitres of water allocation that may be taken in any water year by access licences whose nominated water supply works are on the Lachlan River downstream of Booligal exceeding the total of A plus B at the commencement of the Plan is prohibited, where:

(a) "A" is the total number of unit shares of access licences whose share component is specified in unit shares and whose nominated water supply works are on the Lachlan River downstream of Booligal, and

(b) "B" is the total number of megalitres per year of access licences whose share component is specified in megalitres per year and whose nominated water supply works are on the Lachlan River downstream of Booligal.

(10) Any dealing that involves the assignment of water allocations held in the B sub-account of a regulated river (general security) access licence to the water allocation account of any other category of access licence is prohibited.