New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE NEW SOUTH WALES MURRAY AND LOWER DARLING REGULATED RIVERS WATER SOURCES 2003 - REG 4

4 Water sources and waters to which this Plan applies

(1) The water sources in respect of which this Plan is made shall be known as the New South Wales Murray Regulated River Water Source and the Lower-Darling Regulated River Water Source (hereafter "these water sources").

(2) The New South Wales Murray Regulated River Water Source (hereafter "the Murray Water Source") is that between the banks of all rivers, from the upper limit of Hume Dam water storage, and from the Darling River at the north east corner of Lot 11 DP 756952, Parish of Merche, County of Wentworth, downstream to the South Australian border which, at the date of commencement of this Plan, have been declared by the Minister to be regulated rivers.

(3) The Lower-Darling Regulated River Water Source (hereafter "the Lower Darling Water Source") is that between the banks of all rivers, from the upper limit of the Lake Wetherell water storage downstream to the upstream limit of the Wentworth Weir Pool water storage which, at the date of commencement of this Plan, have been declared by the Minister to be regulated rivers.

Note: 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.

Note: The regulated rivers referred to in subclauses (2) and (3) are listed in Appendix 1.

(4) The rivers included in these water sources may be varied under section 45 (1) (b) of the Act as set out in Part 14.

(5) These water sources are within the Murray Water Management Area as constituted by the Ministerial order published in the NSW Government Gazette (hereafter "the Gazette") on 23 November 2001.

Note: A diagram of the NSW Murray and Lower Darling region is contained in Appendix 2.

(6) This Plan applies to the water distributed to New South Wales under Part X of the Murray Darling Basin Agreement.

(7) This Plan does not apply to water contained within aquifer water sources underlying these water sources or to water on land adjacent to these water sources.

Note: The New South Wales share of the waters of the Murray Regulated River Water Source is subject to the water accounting and other arrangements that arise from the Murray Darling Basin Agreement.

Note: Management of floodplain harvesting will not be a component of individual water sharing plans being produced for the regulated and unregulated rivers. Management of floodplain harvesting will occur according to a number of state-wide management principles, attached in Appendix 3.