New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE MURRUMBIDGEE REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 59

59 Mandatory conditions on access licences

(1) This Part is made in accordance with section 17 (c) and 20 (2) (e) of the Act.

Note: The Minister may impose discretionary conditions at any time on an access licence in accordance with section 66 (1) (b) of the Act.

(2) All access licences shall have a mandatory condition that only allows the taking of water if the resulting debit to the access licence water allocation account will not exceed the volume of water allocation remaining in the account.

(3) All accesses licences shall have a mandatory condition that facilitates the provisions of clause 50 of this Plan.

(4) All domestic and stock access licences, local water utility access licences, regulated river (high security) access licences, Murrumbidgee Irrigation (conveyance) access licences and Coleambally Irrigation (conveyance) access licences shall have mandatory conditions that only allow the taking of water if it has been ordered in accordance with procedures established by the Minister.

(5) All regulated river (general security) access licences shall have mandatory conditions that only allow the taking of water if it has been ordered in accordance with procedures established by the Minister, except as provided pursuant to an available water determination under clause 39 (6).

(6) All supplementary water access licences shall have mandatory conditions that only allow the taking of water in accordance with announcements made under clause 51 and after satisfying any procedures established by the Minister.

(7) All domestic and stock access licences shall have mandatory conditions that only allow the taking of water for the purpose of domestic consumption or stock watering as defined in section 52 of the Act.

(8) All local water utility access licences shall have mandatory conditions that only allow the taking of water for the exercise of a water supply function of the local water utility or for other such purpose provided for under the Act.

(9) All regulated river (high security) (Aboriginal cultural) access licences shall have mandatory conditions that only allow the taking of water by Aboriginal persons or communities for personal, domestic and communal purposes including the purposes of drinking, food preparation, washing, manufacturing traditional artefacts, watering domestic gardens, cultural teaching, hunting, fishing, and gathering, and for recreational, cultural and ceremonial purposes.

(10) All access licences shall have any other mandatory conditions required to implement the provisions of this Plan.