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Water Sharing Plan for the Richmond River Area Unregulated, Regulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2010 [2010-702] New South Wales Status information Currency of version Current version for 27 June 2018 to date (accessed 7 May 2020 at 12:57) Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation. Provisions in force The provisions displayed in this version of the legislation have all commenced. See Historical Notes Note: This Plan ceases to have effect on 1.7.2021—see cl 3. Authorisation This version of the legislation is compiled and maintained in a database of legislation by the Parliamentary Counsel's Office and published on the NSW legislation website, and is certified as the form of that legislation that is correct under section 45C of the Interpretation Act 1987. File last modified 27 June 2018. Published by NSW Parliamentary Counsel’s Office on www.legislation.nsw.gov.au Page 1 of 116 Water Sharing Plan for the Richmond River Area Unregulated, Regulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2010 [NSW] Water Sharing Plan for the Richmond River Area Unregulated, Regulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2010 [2010-702] New South Wales Contents Part 1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................. 7 Note .................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 1 Name of this Plan .............................................................................................................................................. 7 2 Nature and status of this Plan ........................................................................................................................... 7 3 Commencement of this Plan ............................................................................................................................. 7 4 Application of this Plan ...................................................................................................................................... 7 5 Management Zones......................................................................................................................................... 10 6 Extraction management units in these water sources ...................................................................................... 11 7 Understanding the rules in this Plan................................................................................................................ 12 8 Interpretation ................................................................................................................................................... 12 Part 2 Vision, objectives, strategies and performance indicators................................................ 13 Note ................................................................................................................................................................................ 13 9 Vision statement .............................................................................................................................................. 13 9A Acknowledgement ........................................................................................................................................... 13 10 Objectives........................................................................................................................................................ 13 11 Strategies ........................................................................................................................................................ 14 12 Performance indicators.................................................................................................................................... 14 Part 3 Bulk access regime ................................................................................................................................ 15 13 Bulk access regime ......................................................................................................................................... 15 14 Climatic variability............................................................................................................................................ 15 Part 4 Planned environmental water provisions.................................................................................... 16 Note ................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 15 General............................................................................................................................................................ 16 16 Commitment and identification of planned environmental water ..................................................................... 16 17 Establishment and maintenance of planned environmental water .................................................................. 16 18 (Repealed)....................................................................................................................................................... 17 Current version for 27 June 2018 to date (accessed 7 May 2020 at 12:57) Page 2 of 116 Water Sharing Plan for the Richmond River Area Unregulated, Regulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2010 [NSW] Part 5 Requirements for water........................................................................................................................ 17 Division 1 General................................................................................................................................................. 17 19 Application ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 Division 2 Requirements for water for basic landholder rights ..................................................... 18 20 Domestic and stock rights ............................................................................................................................... 18 21 Native title rights .............................................................................................................................................. 19 22 Harvestable rights............................................................................................................................................ 19 Division 3 Requirements for water for extraction under access licences ................................ 19 23 Share components of domestic and stock access licences ............................................................................ 19 24 Share components of local water utility access licences................................................................................. 20 25 Share components of unregulated river access licences ................................................................................ 21 26 Share components of aquifer access licences ................................................................................................ 22 27 Share components of unregulated river (high flow) access licences............................................................... 23 28 Share components of regulated river (high security) access licences............................................................. 24 29 Share components of regulated river (general security) access licences ....................................................... 24 Part 6 System operation rules ........................................................................................................................ 24 30 General............................................................................................................................................................ 24 31 Environmental release rules for Toonumbar Dam ........................................................................................... 24 32 Water delivery and channel capacity constraints............................................................................................. 25 33 Rates of change to storage releases............................................................................................................... 26 34 Supply of orders when remaining allocations are low ..................................................................................... 26 35 Dam operation during floods and spills ........................................................................................................... 26 36 Supply for domestic and stock and native title rights....................................................................................... 26 Part 7 Limits to the availability of water..................................................................................................... 27 Division 1 Long-term average annual extraction limit........................................................................ 27 37 General............................................................................................................................................................ 27 38 Volume of the long-term average annual extraction limits............................................................................... 27 39 Calculation of current levels of annual extraction ...........................................................................................