New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE PATERSON REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCE 2007 - REG 29

29 Volume of the long-term average annual extraction limit

(1) This Plan establishes a long-term average annual extraction limit for this water source of 11,175 ML/year:

(a) plus the share component of any access licence cancelled in another water source and issued in this water source under section 71R of the Act,

(b) minus the share component of any access licence cancelled in this water source and issued in another water source under section 71R of the Act,

(c) plus the share component of any access licence granted under clause 27 (2) (e) or 27 (2) (f).

Note: The long-term average annual extraction limit for the Paterson Regulated River Water Source has been based on calculations of full entitlement.

(2) For the purposes of auditing compliance with the long-term average annual extraction limit, the following will be included:

(a) all water extractions under all categories of access licences,

(b) domestic and stock rights and native title rights extractions,

(c) volumes of water delivered as adaptive environmental water, except where the access licence has been granted under clause 15 (4) (a), and

(d) floodplain harvesting extractions determined to be taken for use in conjunction with extractions from this water source.