Access Licence Dealing Principles Amendment Order 2017 (NSW)

New South Wales

Access Licence Dealing Principles Amendment

Order 2017

under the

Water Management Act 2000

I, Gavin Hanlon, having delegated authority from the Minister for Regional Water, in pursuance of section 71Z (1) of the Water Management Act 2000, do, by this Order, amend the Access Licence Dealing Principles Order 2004 to set a conversion factor to be applied for dealings involving interstate transfer or assignment of water allocations in specified water sources.

Dated this 8 day of June 2017.

Gavin Hanlon

GAVIN HANLON
Deputy Director General Water
Department of Primary Industries

(by delegation)

Explanatory note

This Order is made under section 71Z (1) of the Water Management Act 2000. The Water Sharing Plan for the Murrumbidgee Regulated River Water Source 2016 and the Water Sharing Plan for the New South Wales Murray and Lower Darling Regulated Rivers Water Sources 2016 prohibit any dealing involving the interstate transfer of access licences or the interstate assignment of water allocations unless (amongst other things) a conversion factor (established under section 71Z) is applied. The object of this Order is to amend the Access Licence Dealing Principles Order 2004 to establish a conversion factor of 1:1 to be applied to these dealings.

Access Licence Dealing Principles Amendment Order 2017

under the
Water Management Act 2000

1           Name of Order

This Order is the Access Licence Dealing Principles Amendment Order 2017.

2           Commencement

This Order commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.
Schedule 1 Amendment of Access Licence Dealing Principles
Order 2004

[1]          Part 4, heading

Omit the heading. Insert instead:

Part 4 Principles applicable to dealings in specified areas or water sources

[2]          Clause 23

Insert after clause 22:

23 Southern NSW Connected Regulated River System

The principles listed in Schedule 3 apply to any dealing in the water sources specified in that Schedule.

[3]          Schedule 3

Insert after Schedule 2:

Schedule 3 Dealing Principles for the Southern NSW
Connected Regulated River System

1           Water sources

The water sources specified in this Schedule are:

(a)	the Murrumbidgee Regulated River Water Source as defined in clause 4 of the Water Sharing Plan for the Murrumbidgee Regulated River Water Source 2016, and
(b)	the New South Wales Murray Regulated River Water Source as defined in clause 4 of the Water Sharing Plan for the New South Wales Murray and Lower Darling Regulated Rivers Water Sources 2016, and
(c)	the Lower-Darling Regulated River Water Source as defined in clause 4 of the Water Sharing Plan for the New South Wales Murray and Lower Darling Regulated Rivers Water Sources 2016.

1. Conversion factor to apply to certain dealings

A conversion factor of 1:1 is to apply to dealings:

(a)	under section 71U of the Act involving the interstate transfer of access licences to or from the water sources specified in this Schedule, and
(b)	under section 71V of the Act involving the assignment of water allocations to or from access licences in the water sources specified in this Schedule.

1. Effect of Schedule

This Schedule is taken to have effect from the commencement of the Water Sharing Plan for
the Murrumbidgee Regulated River Water Source 2016 and the Water Sharing Plan for the
New South Wales Murray and Lower Darling Regulated Rivers Water Sources 2016.