New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE UPPER NAMOI AND LOWER NAMOI REGULATED RIVER 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 Upper Namoi Regulated River Water Source and the Lower Namoi Regulated River Water Source (hereafter "these water sources").

(2) The Upper Namoi Regulated River Water Source is that between the banks of all rivers, from Split Rock Dam downstream to Keepit Dam, which at the date of commencement of this Plan, have been declared by the Minister to be regulated rivers.

(3) The Lower Namoi Regulated River Water Source is that between the banks of all rivers, from Keepit Dam downstream to the junction of the Namoi River with the Barwon River, 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 of this Plan.

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

Note: The Namoi Water Management Area is shown on the map in Appendix 2.

(6) This Plan applies to all waters contained within these water sources but does not apply to water contained within aquifer water sources underlying these water sources or to waters on land adjacent to these water sources.

Note: Management of floodplain harvesting is not a component of this water sharing plan. Management of floodplain harvesting will occur according to a number of state-wide management principles, attached in Appendix 3.