New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE MURRUMBIDGEE REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 53

53 Rules relating to constraints within a water source

(1) This clause relates to dealings under sections 71Q, 71S 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) Dealings are prohibited under this clause if any of the access licences or water allocations involved are not within this water source, unless the dealing is permitted under clause 57.

(3) A dealing is prohibited that results in a change of location at which share and extraction components of supplementary water access licences can be exercised if the dealing results in a change of location that is not within the same supplementary water access zone, where supplementary water access zones are specified in accordance with procedures established by the Minister.

(4) Subclause (3) shall not apply if the works nominated by the supplementary water access licence assigning the rights is within 5 kilometres of a supplementary water access zone boundary and the change of location is across that boundary.

(5) Until such time as extraction components on access licences nominating water supply works in the Yanco Creek system have been numerically specified, any dealing that results in the sum of A + B exceeding the sum of A + B at the commencement of this Plan, is prohibited, where:

(a) "A" is the total number of unit shares specified in share components of access licences, excluding supplementary water access licences, nominating water supply works in the Yanco Creek system, and

(b) "B" is the total number of megalitres specified in share components of access licences nominating water supply works in the Yanco Creek system.

(6) Assignment of water allocations from a supplementary water access licence water allocation account to licences in any other category of access licence is prohibited.

(7) Assignment of water allocations to a supplementary water access licence water allocation account from a licence in any other category of access licence is prohibited.

(8) A dealing is prohibited if the application for assignment of water allocations from a regulated river (high security) access licence water allocation account is received after 1 September in any water year.

(9) A dealing is prohibited if the application for assignment of water allocations from a regulated river (general security) access licence water allocation account is received after the last day of the month of February in any water year.