New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE NSW GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2008 - REG 43

43 Rules relating to constraints within a groundwater source

(1) This clause applies to any relevant dealings under sections 71Q, 71S, 71T and 71W of the Act.

(2) Applications for the dealings specified in subclause (1) are prohibited if:

(a) the access licences or water allocations involved are not within the same groundwater source,

(b) the dealing would result in the total extraction under access licences through nominated water supply works that are water bores in the area, plus basic landholder rights extraction, causing any adverse local impacts, and

(c) the dealing involves a domestic and stock (conveyance) access licence or supplementary water access licence, or any water allocation credited to a domestic and stock (conveyance) access licence or supplementary water access licence water allocation account.

(3) Applications for the dealings specified in subclause (1) in the Eastern Groundwater Source are prohibited until either the share components of aquifer access licences in these groundwater sources are reduced under clause 25 (1) or the commencement of year six of this Plan, whichever is the sooner.