New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE MURRUMBIDGEE REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 58

58 Rules for interstate assignment of water allocations

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

(2) Water allocation equivalents from other States may be assigned to access licence water accounts in this water source, subject to the following restrictions:

(a) the terms of any relevant interstate agreement, and

(b) the application of a conversion factor established by the Minister and published in an Order made under section 71Z of the Act and any other measures necessary to protect environmental water, domestic and stock rights, native title rights and the reliability of supply to all other access licences in this water source.

(3) Water allocations from access licence water accounts in this water source may be assigned to water allocation equivalents in other States, subject to the following restrictions:

(a) the terms of any relevant interstate agreement, and

(b) the application of a conversion factor established by the Minister and published in an Order made under section 71Z of the Act and any other measures necessary to protect environmental water, domestic and stock rights, native title rights and the reliability of supply to all other access licences in this water source.

(4) A dealing under subclause (2) or (3) is prohibited if, in the opinion of the Minister:

(a) the supply of the volume of water arising from the assignment is not physically possible, and

(b) there is more than minimal likelihood that environmental water, domestic and stock rights, native title rights and the reliability of supply to all access licences in this water source will be affected.

Note: At the commencement of this Plan for operational reasons allocations may only be assigned from this water source to the Murray system and Lower Darling system if the assignment will not result in the obligation on this water source to supply additional future flows to the Murray increasing to more than 100,000 megalitres.

(5) A dealing under subclause (2) or (3) is prohibited if the application for assignment of water allocation is received after 31 January in any water year.