New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE UPPER AND LOWER NAMOI GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2003 - REG 24

24 Bulk access regime

(1) This Part is made in accordance with section 20 (1) (d) of the Act.

(2) This Plan establishes a bulk access regime for the extraction of water under access licences in these groundwater sources having regard to:

(a) the environmental water provisions established under Part 4 of this Plan,

(b) the requirements for basic landholder rights identified under Part 5 of this Plan, and

(c) the requirements for water for extraction under access licences identified under Part 7 of this Plan.

(3) The bulk access regime established in subclause (2):

(a) recognises the effect of climatic variability on the availability of water as provided for under Part 3 of this Plan,

(b) establishes rules according to which access licences are granted as provided for in Part 8 of this Plan,

(c) recognises and is consistent with limits to the availability of water as provided for in Part 9, Division 1 of this Plan,

(d) establishes rules according to which available water determinations are to be made as provided for in Part 9 Division 2 of this Plan,

(e) establishes rules according to which access licences are managed as provided for in Part 10 of this Plan, and

(f) establishes rules with respect to the priorities according to which access licences are to be adjusted as a consequence of any reduction in the availability of water as provided for in Parts 9 and 10 of this Plan.