New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE MANDAGERY CREEK WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 74

74 Amendment of high flow conversion factors

(1) The Minister may, under section 45 (1) (b) of the Act, by notice published in the NSW Government Gazette, and following field verification of high flows, if appropriate, amend clause 55 to include conversion factors associated with the surrender of A class IDELs in return for the issue of C class IDELs between management zones 1, 2, 3 and 4, to apply from years 6 to 10 of this Plan.

(2) The Minister should cause the field verification of high flows in subclause (1) to be undertaken at the same time as the review of this Plan under section 43 (2) of the Act.

(3) The field verification in subclause (1) should assess the degree to which Objective 3 (to protect or restore a portion of freshes and high flows) of the Water Quality and River Flow Interim Environmental Objectives (NSW Government 1999) is met.

(4) In undertaking the field verification the Minister should:

(a) consult with the NSW Environment Protection Authority, NSW Fisheries, NSW Agriculture and the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, and

(b) prepare a report documenting:

(i) the methodology adopted,

(ii) the field results and conclusions in terms of the degree to which the objective in subclause (3) is met during the first years of this Plan,

(iii) whether or not unassigned C class TDEL in one management zone could be assigned to an access licence in another zone, following surrender of A class IDEL in that other zone,

(iv) the proposed conversion factors for any recommendation under subclause 4 (b) (iii), and

(v) an assessment of the degree to which any recommendation under subclause 4 (b) (iii) and 4 (b) (iv) will impact on the objective in subclause (3).