New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE NEW SOUTH WALES MURRAY AND LOWER DARLING REGULATED RIVERS WATER SOURCES 2016

- Made under the Water Management Act 2000
- As at 21 June 2019
- Reg 366 of 2016

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - INTRODUCTION
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   1.      Name of Plan
   2.      Nature and status of Plan
   3.      Commencement
   4.      Application of Plan
   5.      Understanding the rules in this Plan
   6.      Interpretation

   PART 2 - VISION, OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
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   7.      Vision statement
   8.      Acknowledgement
   9.      Environmental objectives, strategies and performance indicators
   10.     Economic objectives, strategies and performance indicators
   11.     Social and cultural objectives, strategies and performance indicators

   PART 3 - BULK ACCESS REGIME

   12.     Bulk access regime
   13.     Climatic variability

   PART 4 - PLANNED ENVIRONMENTAL WATER PROVISIONS
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   14.     General
   15.     Commitment and identification of planned environmental water
   16.     Establishment and maintenance of planned environmental water

   PART 5 - REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER

           Division 1 - General

   17.     Application

           Division 2 - Requirements for water for basic landholder rights

   18.     Domestic and stock rights
   19.     Native title rights

           Division 3 - Requirements for water for extraction under access licences
           Note

   20.     Share components of domestic and stock access licences
   21.     Share components of local water utility access licences
   22.     Share components of regulated river (high security) access licences
   23.     Share component of regulated river (conveyance) access licences
   24.     Share components of regulated river (general security) access licences
   25.     Share components of supplementary water access licences

   PART 6 - SYSTEM OPERATION RULES
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           Division 1 - Environmental water rules in the Murray Water Source
           Note

   26.     Environmental water allowances in the Murray Water Source
   27.     Barmah-Millewa Allowance
   28.     Barmah-Millewa Overdraw
   29.     Murray Additional Allowance
   30.     Spills of the environmental water allowances

           Division 2 - Environmental water rules in the Lower Darling Water Source

   31.     Environmental water allowance for the Lower Darling Water Source

           Division 3 - General system operation rules

   32.      Maintenance of water supply
   33.     Water delivery and channel capacity constraints
   34.     Flood operation rules
   35.     Airspace
   36.     Priority of extractions for access licences
   37.     Numerical specification of extraction entitlements

   PART 7 - LIMITS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER
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           Division 1 - Long-term average annual extraction limit

   38.     General
   39.     Volume of the long-term average annual extraction limit
   40.     Calculation of the long-term average annual extraction limit and current average annual extractions
   41.     Assessment of average annual extractions against long-term average annual extraction limit
   42.     Compliance with the long-term average annual extraction limit

           Division 2 - Available water determinations

   43.     General
   44.     Available water determinations for domestic and stock access licences
   45.     Available water determinations for local water utility access licences
   46.     Available water determinations for regulated river (high security) access licences
   47.     Available water determinations for regulated river (conveyance) access licences
   48.     Available water determinations for regulated river (general security) access licences
   49.     Available water determinations for supplementary water access licences

   PART 8 - RULES FOR GRANTING ACCESS LICENCES
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   50.     Specific purpose access licences

   PART 9 - RULES FOR MANAGING ACCESS LICENCES

           Division 1 - Water allocation account management rules
           Note

   51.     Crediting rules for water allocation accounts
   52.     Debiting rules for water allocation accounts
   53.     Carryover rules for water allocation accounts

           Division 2 - Daily access rules

   54.      Taking of water under supplementary water access licences
   55.     Taking of uncontrolled flows under regulated river (general security) access licences

   PART 10 - ACCESS LICENCE DEALING RULES

   56.     General
   57.     Conversion of access licence to new category
   58.     Assignment of rights dealings
   59.     Subdivision and consolidation of access licences
   60.     Amendment of share components dealings (change of water source)
   61.     Assignment of water allocations dealings
   62.     Interstate access licence transfer and assignment of water allocation
   63.     Nomination of water supply works dealings

   PART 11 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS
   Note

           Division 1 - General

   64.     General

           Division 2 - Access licences
           Note

   65.     General

           Division 3 - Water supply work approvals

   66.     General

   PART 12 - AMENDMENT OF THIS PLAN

   67.     General
   68.     Part 1
   69.     Part 7
   70.     Part 11
   71.     Dictionary
   72.     Other
           Dictionary
           APPENDIX 1
           APPENDIX 2
           APPENDIX 3
           APPENDIX 4