New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE LACHLAN REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 69

69 Amendment of regulated river (conveyance) access licence rules

(1) If the Minister considers it is necessary to do so to reflect the actual conveyancing losses likely to be experienced by Jemalong Irrigation under the water accounting rules specified in this Plan the Minister may, under section 45 (1) (b) of the Act:

(a) amend the provisions in clause 41 (1) regarding available water determinations for regulated river (conveyance) access licences, and

(b) replace clause 47 (6) with provisions relating to:

(i) the maximum volume that may, at any time, be held in the accounts of regulated river (conveyance) access licences,

(ii) the volume of water allocation that may be carried over from one water year to the next in the water allocation accounts of regulated river (conveyance) access licences, and

(iii) the withdrawal of water allocations from the water allocation accounts of regulated river (conveyance) access licences when a spill of water from Wyangala Dam occurs and Lake Brewster and Lake Cargelligo are full or will fill from flows already in the water source or its tributaries.

(2) Action under subclause (1) should occur within one year of commencement of this Plan.