New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE NORTH COAST FRACTURED AND POROUS ROCK GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2016 - REG 37

37 Individual access licence account management rules for these groundwater sources, excluding the Gloucester Basin Groundwater Source and Sydney Basin-North Coast Groundwater Source

(1) The rules in this clause apply to the taking of water under an access licence with a share component that specifies one of these groundwater sources, excluding the Gloucester Basin Groundwater Source and Sydney Basin-North Coast Groundwater Source.

(2) In any water year in which this Plan has effect, water taken under an aquifer access licence must not exceed a volume equal to:

(a) the sum of water allocations accrued to the water allocation account for the access licence from available water determinations in that water year, plus

(b) the water allocations carried over in the water allocation account for the access licence from the water year prior to that water year under subclause (3), plus

(c) the net amount of any water allocations assigned to or from the water allocation account for the access licence under section 71T of the Act in that water year, plus

(d) any water allocations recredited to the water allocation account for the access licence in accordance with section 76 of the Act in that water year.

(3) The maximum water allocation that can be carried over from one water year to the next in the water allocation account for an aquifer access licence is equal to:

(a) 20% of the access licence share component for access licences with share components expressed as ML/year, or

(b) 0.2 ML per unit share of the access licence share component for access licences with share components expressed as a number of unit shares.

(4) In any water year in which this Plan has effect, water taken under a domestic and stock access licence or a local water utility access licence must not exceed a volume equal to:

(a) the sum of water allocations accrued to the water allocation account for the access licence from available water determinations in that water year, plus

(b) the net amount of any water allocations assigned to or from the water allocation account for the access licence under section 71T of the Act in that water year, plus

(c) any water allocations recredited to the water allocation account for the access licence in accordance with section 76 of the Act in that water year.

(5) Water allocations remaining in the water allocation account for a domestic and stock access licence, a local water utility access licence cannot be carried over from one water year to the next.