New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE MURRUMBIDGEE REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 54

54 Rules for change of water source

(1) This clause relates to dealings under section 71R of the Act.

Note: Section 71R dealings are the mechanism by which access licences can move from one water source to another. Once the change in water source has been affected, if permitted, the new licence will have to nominate specified works (by a dealing under section 71W of the Act) in the receiving water source before extraction can commence.

(2) Access licences in other water sources outside of this water source may be issued following cancellation of access licences in this water source, only if:

(a) the access licence dealing rules in the receiving water source permit such a dealing,

(b) a conversion factor, established by the Minister and published in an Order made under section 71Z of the Act that protects environmental water, domestic and stock rights, native title rights and the reliability of supply to all other access licences in this water source, has been applied, and

(c) the water source in which the access licence is issued is one of the following:

(i) a water source within the Murrumbidgee Unregulated River Extraction Management Unit, as defined in the Water Sharing Plan for the Adelong Creek Water Source 2003 ,

(ii) the New South Wales Murray Regulated River Water Source, or

(iii) the Lower Darling Regulated River Water Source.

(3) Access licences in this water source may be issued following cancellation of access licences in other water sources, only if:

(a) the access licence dealing rules in the other water source permit such a dealing,

(b) a conversion factor, established by the Minister and published in an Order made under section 71Z of the Act that protects environmental water, domestic and stock rights, native title rights and the reliability of supply to all other access licences in this water source, has been applied, and

(c) the water source in which the access licence is cancelled is one of the following:

(i) the New South Wales Murray Regulated River Water Source, or

(ii) the Lower Darling Regulated River Water Source.