New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE STUARTS POINT GROUNDWATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 36

36 Extraction interference between neighbouring bores

To minimise interference between authorised extraction the following rules will apply to new access licences in this groundwater source:

(a) extraction pursuant to an access licence authorised to extract more than 20 ML/yr will not be permitted from a water supply work (bore) within 400 metres of a water supply work (bore) authorised to extract more than 20 ML/yr under another access licence,

(b) notwithstanding the provisions of subclause (a), the Minister may, upon application by an access licence holder, vary the distance restrictions specified in subclause (a) if satisfied that the cumulative impact on local groundwater levels will be minimal, and

(c) subclause (a) does not apply to extraction under access licences existing at 1 January 2003.

Note: The intention of this clause is to minimise the impact of extraction under new access licences on extraction under existing access licences.