Access Licence Dealing Principles Amendment Order 2007-Lower Murrumbidgee Groundwater Sources (2007-441) (NSW)

2007 No 441

New South Wales

Access Licence Dealing Principles

Amendment Order 2007

under the

Water Management Act 2000

Order under section 71Z
Lower Murrumbidgee Groundwater Sources

PURSUANT to section 71Z of the Water Management Act 2000, I, the Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water amend the Access Licence Dealing Principles Order 2004 as set out in schedule 1.

Dated at Sydney this 30th day of August 2007.

PHIL KOPERBERG, M.P.,

Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water

Published in Gazette No 110 of 31 August 2007, page 6825	Page 1
2007 No 441

Access Licence Dealing Principles Amendment Order 2007

Schedule 1	Amendments
Schedule 1	Amendments

[1]      Insert after Part 3:

Part 4 Principles applicable to dealings in local
management areas

22 Lower Murrumbidgee Groundwater Sources

The principles listed in Schedule 2 apply to any dealing in the local management areas specified in that schedule but do not apply to dealings by local water utilities.

[2]      Insert after Schedule 1:

Schedule 2 Dealing Principles for the Lower
Murrumbidgee Groundwater
Sources Local Management Areas

(1) Local Management Areas

The local management areas referred to in this Schedule are Local Management Area 1 and Local Management Area 2 in the Deep Groundwater Source as defined in clause 4 (2) (b) of the Water Sharing Plan for the Lower Murrumbidgee Groundwater Sources 2003 and identified in Figure 1.

(2)	Principles for Dealings in the Local Management Areas
The following principles apply:
(1) A licence created under section 71P is prohibited from:

(a)	nominating a water supply work or group of water supply works within Local Management Area 1 or Local Management Area 2 if a cancelled licence, at the time of its cancellation, nominated a water supply work or group of water supply works outside of Local Management Area 1 or Local Management Area 2, or
(b)	nominating a water supply work or group of water supply works located within Local Management Area 1 if a cancelled licence, at the time of its cancellation, nominated a water supply work or group of water supply works located in Local Management Area 2.

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Access Licence Dealing Principles Amendment Order 2007

Amendments Schedule 1

(2)

Dealings under section 71Q are prohibited if:

(a)	the assignment of the share component is from a licence that nominates a water supply work located outside Local Management Area 1 or Local Management Area 2 to a licence that nominates a water supply work located within Local Management Area 1 or Local Management Area 2, or
(b)	the assignment of the share component is from a licence that nominates a water supply work located in Local Management Area 2 to a licence that nominates a water supply work located in Local Management Area 1.

(3)

Dealings under section 71T are prohibited if:

(a)	the assignment of the water allocation is from a licence that nominates a water supply work located outside of Local Management Area 1 or Local Management Area 2 to a licence that nominates a water supply work located within Local Management Area 1 and Local Management Area 2, or
(b)	the assignment of the water allocation is from a licence that nominates a water supply work located in Local Management Area 2 to a licence that nominates a water supply work located in Local Management Area 1.

(4)

Dealings under section 71W are prohibited if:

(a)	the nomination would result in a licence with a nominated water supply work or group of water supply works located outside Local Management Area 1 or Local Management Area 2 nominating an additional water supply work or group of water supply works located within Local Management Area 1 or Local Management Area 2, or
(b)	the nomination would result in a licence with a nominated water supply work or group of water supply works located within Local Management Area 2 nominating an additional water supply work or group of water supply works located within Local Management Area 1.

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Access Licence Dealing Principles Amendment Order 2007

Schedule 1 Amendments

Figure 1

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