New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE UPPER NAMOI AND LOWER NAMOI REGULATED RIVER WATER SOURCES 2003 - REG 51

51 Rules relating to constraints within these water sources

(1) This clause relates to dealings under sections 71O, 71Q, 71T and 71W of the Act.

(2) Any dealing that would result in an increase in the total share components of regulated river (high security) access licences nominating water supply works downstream of the Namoi River at Mollee Weir is prohibited.

(3) Until extraction components for access licences in the Gunidgera/Pian system have been amended in accordance with clause 47, a dealing is prohibited if it would result in:

(a) the sum of A + B exceeding the sum of A + B at the commencement of this Plan, where:

(i) "A" is the total number of megalitres specified in share components of domestic and stock access licenses nominating water supply works in the Gunidgera/Pian system, and

(ii) "B" is the total number of unit shares specified in share components of regulated river (high security) access licences and regulated river (general security) access licences nominating water supply works on the Gunidgera/Pian system,

(b) the total volume of water allocations assigned to access licences, other than supplementary water access licences, nominating water supply works on the Gunidgera/Pian system during a water year exceeding the total volume of water allocations assigned from access licences, other than supplementary water licences, nominating water supply works in the Gunidgera/Pian system to access licences nominating water supply works not on the Gunidgera/Pian system during the water year.

(4) A dealing is prohibited if it would result in:

(a) the total number of unit shares in share components of supplementary water access licence nominating water supply works in the Gunidgera/Pian Creek system exceeding the total number of unit shares at the commencement of this Plan, or

(b) the total volume of water allocations assigned to supplementary water access licences, nominating water supply works on the Gunidgera/Pian system during a water year exceeding the total volume of water allocations assigned from supplementary water licences, nominating water supply works in the Gunidgera/Pian system to access licences nominating water supply works not on the Gunidgera/Pian system during the water year.

(5) Assignment of water allocations from a supplementary water access licence water allocation account to an access licence of any other access licence category is prohibited.

(6) Assignment of water allocations to a supplementary water access licence water allocation account from an access licence of any other access licence category is prohibited.

(7) Any dealing that would result in the assignment of all or part of the share component of a supplementary water access licence whose extraction component is designated as B class to a supplementary water access licence whose extraction component is designated as A class is prohibited.

(8) Any dealing that would result in the assignment of water allocations from the water allocation account of a supplementary water access licence whose extraction component is designated as B class to the water allocation account of a supplementary water access licence whose extraction component is designated as A class is prohibited.