NSW Legislation Website, and Is Certified As the Form of That Legislation That Is Correct Under Section 45C of the Interpretation Act 1987
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Water Sharing Plan for the Towamba River Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2010 [2010-703] New South Wales Status information Currency of version Current version for 1 October 2011 to date (accessed 7 May 2020 at 12:30) 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 1 October 2011. Published by NSW Parliamentary Counsel’s Office on www.legislation.nsw.gov.au Page 1 of 58 Water Sharing Plan for the Towamba River Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2010 [NSW] Water Sharing Plan for the Towamba River Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2010 [2010-703] New South Wales Contents Part 1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................. 6 Note .................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 1 Name of this Plan ................................................................................................................................................. 6 2 Nature and status of this Plan .............................................................................................................................. 6 3 Commencement of this Plan ................................................................................................................................ 6 4 Application of this Plan ......................................................................................................................................... 6 5 Management zones.............................................................................................................................................. 8 6 Extraction management units in these water sources.......................................................................................... 8 7 Understanding the rules in this Plan..................................................................................................................... 9 8 Interpretation ........................................................................................................................................................ 9 Part 2 Vision, objectives, strategies and performance indicators.................................................. 9 Note .................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 9 Vision statement................................................................................................................................................... 9 10 Objectives............................................................................................................................................................. 9 11 Strategies ........................................................................................................................................................... 10 12 Performance indicators ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Part 3 Bulk access regime ................................................................................................................................. 11 13 Bulk access regime ............................................................................................................................................. 11 14 Climatic variability............................................................................................................................................... 12 Part 4 Environmental water provisions...................................................................................................... 12 Note ................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Division 1 Planned environmental water................................................................................................... 12 15 General............................................................................................................................................................... 12 16 Commitment and identification of planned environmental water........................................................................ 12 17 Establishment and maintenance of planned environmental water ..................................................................... 13 Current version for 1 October 2011 to date (accessed 7 May 2020 at 12:30) Page 2 of 58 Water Sharing Plan for the Towamba River Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2010 [NSW] Division 2 Adaptive environmental water ................................................................................................. 13 18 Adaptive environmental water provisions........................................................................................................... 13 Part 5 Requirements for water........................................................................................................................ 14 Division 1 General................................................................................................................................................. 14 19 Application.......................................................................................................................................................... 14 Division 2 Requirements for water under basic landholder rights............................................... 14 20 Domestic and stock rights .................................................................................................................................. 14 21 Native title rights................................................................................................................................................. 15 22 Harvestable rights .............................................................................................................................................. 15 Division 3 Requirements for water for extraction under access licences ................................ 15 23 Share component of domestic and stock access licences ................................................................................. 15 24 Share component of local water utility access licences ..................................................................................... 16 25 Share component of unregulated river access licences..................................................................................... 17 26 Share component of aquifer access licences..................................................................................................... 18 27 Share component of unregulated river (high flow) access licences ................................................................... 19 Part 6 Limits to the availability of water..................................................................................................... 19 Division 1 Long-term average annual extraction limit........................................................................ 19 28 General............................................................................................................................................................... 19 29 Volume of the long-term average annual extraction limits.................................................................................. 20 30 Calculation of current levels of annual extraction............................................................................................... 20 31 Assessment of average annual extraction against the long-term average annual extraction limit..................... 20 32 Compliance with the long-term average annual extraction limits ....................................................................... 21 Division 2 Available water determinations ............................................................................................... 21 33 General............................................................................................................................................................... 21 34 Available water determinations made at the commencement of this Plan ......................................................... 21 35 Available water determinations after the first water year of this Plan................................................................. 22 Part 7 Rules for granting access licences ................................................................................................ 22 Note ................................................................................................................................................................................ 22 36 Specific purpose access licences......................................................................................................................