New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE NORTH COAST FRACTURED AND POROUS ROCK GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2016 - REG 55

55 General

(1) Access licences in these groundwater sources must have mandatory conditions where required to give effect to the following:

(a) the relevant water allocation account management rules specified in Part 8 of this Plan,

(b) the holder of the access licence upon becoming aware of a breach of any condition of the access licence must:

(i) notify the Minister as soon as practicable, and

(ii) if the notification under subparagraph (i) was not in writing, confirm this notification in writing within seven days of becoming aware of the breach, and

(c) any other condition required to implement the provisions of this Plan.

(2) Access licences in these groundwater sources, excluding access licences that nominate only metered water supply works with a data logger, must have mandatory conditions where required to give effect to the following:

(a) the holder of the access licence must keep a Logbook,

(b) the holder of the access licence must record the following in the Logbook:

(i) each date and start and end time during which water was taken under the access licence,

(ii) the volume of water taken on that date,

(iii) the water supply work approval number of the water supply work used to take the water on that date,

(iv) the purpose or purposes for which the water was taken on that date,

(v) for aquifer access licences with share components that specify one of these groundwater sources, excluding the Gloucester Basin Groundwater Source and Sydney Basin-North Coast Groundwater Source, the volume of water taken in a water year by comparison to the volume of water permitted to be taken in that water year under clause 37 (2),

(vi) for domestic and stock access licences and local water utility access licences with share components that specify one of these groundwater sources, excluding the Gloucester Basin Groundwater Source and Sydney Basin-North Coast Groundwater Source, the volume of water taken in a water year by comparison to the volume of water permitted to be taken in that water year under clause 37 (4),

(vii) for aquifer access licences with share components that specify the Gloucester Basin Groundwater Source or Sydney Basin-North Coast Groundwater Source, the volume of water taken in a water year by comparison to the volume of water permitted to be taken in that water year under clause 38 (2),

(viii) for domestic and stock access licences and local water utility access licences with share components that specify the Gloucester Basin Groundwater Source or Sydney Basin-North Coast Groundwater Source, the volume of water taken in a water year by comparison to the volume of water permitted to be taken in that water year under clause 38 (4),

(ix) for supplementary water (subcategory "storage") access licences with share components that specify the Sydney Basin-North Coast Groundwater Source, the volume of water taken in a water year by comparison to the volume of water permitted to be taken in that water year under clause 38 (6),

(x) any other information required to be recorded in the Logbook under the rules of this Plan,

(c) the holder of the access licence must produce the Logbook to the Minister for inspection, when requested,

(d) the holder of the access licence must retain the information required to be recorded in the Logbook for five years from the date to which that information relates.

(3) The Minister may require the holder of the access licence that nominates only a metered water supply work with a data logger to keep a Logbook in accordance with any requirements of subclause (2).

(4) An access licence for an approved EP&A Act development must have mandatory conditions where required to give effect to the rules for the use of water supply works located within the restricted distances specified in clause 45.

Note :
"Approved EP&A Act development" is defined in the Dictionary.