WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE NSW BORDER RIVERS REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2009 - REG 4 Water source and waters to which this Plan applies

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE NSW BORDER RIVERS REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2009 - REG 4

4 Water source and waters to which this Plan applies

(1) The water source in respect to which this Plan is made shall be known as the Border Rivers Regulated River Water Source (hereafter
"this water source" ) and is all surface water between the banks of all rivers, from:

(a) the Pindari Dam water storage downstream to the Pindari Dam wall,

(b) the Severn River from Pindari Dam wall downstream to its junction with the Macintyre River,

(c) the Macintyre River from its junction with the Severn River downstream to the junction of the Barwon River,

(d) the Barwon River from its junction with the Macintyre River downstream to Mungindi Weir,

(e) the Dumaresq River from its junction with Pike Creek downstream to the junction of the Macintyre River,

which have been declared by the Minister to be regulated rivers and that is available to New South Wales under the terms of the New South Wales--Queensland Border Rivers Act 1947 , the Border Rivers Agreement 1947 and the New South Wales - Queensland Border Rivers Intergovernmental Agreement 2008 (hereafter
"the IGA" ).

Note :

(1) This water source is shown on the map in Appendix 1.

(2) The IGA covers water management issues in the Border Rivers.

(3) A separate Water Management Plan and Resource Operations Plan has been developed under the Queensland Water Act 2000 which covers the water distributed to Queensland under the Border Rivers Agreement 1947.

(4) A regulated river is a river that has been declared by the Minister, by order published in the New South Wales Government Gazette, to be a regulated river.

(2) This water source is within the Border Rivers Water Management Area constituted by the Ministerial order published in the NSW Government Gazette (hereafter
"the Gazette" ) on 23 November 2001.

(3) This Plan does not apply to waters contained within aquifer water sources underlying this water source or to water on land adjacent to this water source.

(4) The Minister may amend subclause (1) to add a river or section of river to this water source or remove a river or section of river from this water source providing that:

(a) any river or section of river that is added has been declared to be a regulated river by an order published in the Gazette, and

(b) the Minister is satisfied that there will be no impact on environmental water, domestic and stock rights, native title rights or on the water available to any access licences in these water sources.

(5) The Minister may amend subclauses (1) and (3) to provide for the harvesting of water from the floodplain.