New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE NORTH COAST FRACTURED AND POROUS ROCK GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2016 - REG 33

33 Available water determinations for aquifer access licences

(1) In making available water determinations for aquifer access licences, the Minister should consider the rules in this clause.

(2) At the commencement of this Plan and at the commencement of each water year after the first water year in which this Plan has effect, an available water determination of 1 ML per unit of share component, or such lower amount that is determined under Division 1 of this Part, should be made for aquifer access licences with a share component that specifies one of these groundwater sources.

Note : Division 1 of this Part provides for available water determinations for aquifer access licences to be reduced where the long-term average annual extraction limit for any one of these groundwater sources has been assessed to have been exceeded, as per clauses 28 and 29.