New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE NSW GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2008 - REG 48

48 Mandatory conditions on access licences

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

(2) All access licences in these groundwater sources shall have mandatory conditions to give effect to the provisions of this Plan in relation to the following:

(a) water cannot be taken in excess of the volume of water allocated to, or assigned to, the account,

(b) the requirement that all extraction under access licences will be subject to any local impact rules established under this Plan,

(c) the requirement that all extraction under access licences will be subject to the account management rules established in this Plan,

(d) the requirement that water may only be taken under the licence by a water supply work listed on the approval nominated on the access licence, and

(e) any other conditions required to implement the provisions of this Plan.

(3) 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, as a result of a dealing permitted under section 71T or the access licence dealing principles or for other such purpose provided for under the Act.

(4) All (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 for the purpose of drinking, food preparation, washing, manufacturing traditional artefacts, watering domestic gardens, cultural teaching, hunting, fishing, and gathering, and for recreational, cultural and ceremonial purposes.

(5) The Minister may vary the Plan to amend the mandatory conditions that must be imposed on access licences or to require that additional mandatory conditions be imposed.