New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE TOMAGO TOMAREE STOCKTON GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2003 - REG 49

49 Access licence conditions

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

(a) the specification of the share component of the access licence,

(b) the specification of the extraction component of the access licence,

(c) the requirement that all taking of water under the access licence will be subject to the available water determinations,

(d) the requirement that all taking of water under the access licence will be subject to any local impact management restrictions established in this Plan,

(e) the requirement that all taking of water under the access licence will be subject to the account management rules established in this Plan,

(f) the requirement that water may only be taken under the access licence by the water supply work (bore) nominated by the access licence,

(g) the taking of water in accordance with the access licence may only occur if the resulting debit from the access licence water allocation account will not exceed the volume of water allocation remaining in the account, and

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

(2) The major utility access licences shall have additional conditions to give effect to Schedule 6.

(3) Pursuant to section 45 (1) (b) of the Act, the Minister may amend the requirements in Schedule 6 following the review of the major utility access licences at 5 year intervals.

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