WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE NSW BORDER RIVERS REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2009 - REG 17
Bulk access regime
WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE NSW BORDER RIVERS REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2009 - REG 17
Bulk access regime
17 Bulk access regime
(1) This Part is made in accordance with section 20 (1) (e) of the Act.
(2)
This Plan establishes a bulk access regime for the extraction of water under
access licences in this water source having regard to:
(a) the environmental
water provisions established under Part 3 of this Plan,
(b) the requirements
for basic landholder rights identified in Part 4 of this Plan, and
(c) the
requirements for water extraction under access licences identified under Part
6 of this Plan.
(3) The bulk access regime established in subclause (2):
(a)
establishes rules according to which access licences are granted as provided
for in Part 7 of this Plan,
(b) recognises and is consistent with limits to
the availability of water as provided for in Part 8 of this Plan,
(c)
establishes rules according to which available water determinations are to be
made as provided for in Part 8 of this Plan,
(d) recognises the effect of
climate variability on the availability of water as provided for in Part 8 of
this Plan,
(e) establishes rules with respect to the priorities according to
which access licences are to be adjusted as a consequence of any reduction of
the availability of water as provided for in Part 8 of this Plan, and
(f)
establishes rules according to which access licences are to be managed as
provided for in Part 9 of this Plan.
