New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE LACHLAN REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 70

70 Amendment of rules relating to constraints within a water source

(1) At any time after 1 July 2007, and following the completion of the review, specified in subclause (2) the Minister may, under section 45 (1) (b) of the Act remove or reduce the prohibition on dealings specified in subclauses 51 (4), 51 (5) and 51 (6).

(2) A review of the provisions specified in subclauses 51 (4), 51 (5) and 51 (6) should:

(a) commence in the first year of this Plan and be completed no later than the fifth year of this Plan,

(b) consider the appropriateness of the provisions against the objectives of this Plan,

(c) examine but not be limited to the following matters:

(i) possible social and economic impacts on local communities,

(ii) possible environmental impacts including seasonal flow reversal, salinity, channel stability, flow variability and habitat,

(iii) physical channel constraints,

(iv) any works that may be required to address physical channel constraints,

(v) pumping capacity,

(vi) relative impacts on different sections of the water source,

(vii) impact of trade on water allocation reliability and ability to meet daily water supply demands,

(viii) impact of transmission losses on water allocation reliability to regulated river (general security) access licences and the ability to meet daily water supply demands, and

(d) recommend whether the prohibitions should be retained, modified or fully removed.

(3) The Minister may seek advice from a committee consisting of members from appropriate government agencies, local government, environmental interests, industry and the community before taking action under subclause (1).