Order amending Water Sharing Plan for the Murrumbidgee Regulated River Water Source 2003 (NSW)

2008 No 534

New South Wales

Order amending Water Sharing Plan for

the Murrumbidgee Regulated River

Water Source 2003

under the

Water Management Act 2000

Amendment to Management Plan
Water Sharing Plan for the Murrumbidgee Regulated River Water Source 2003
PURSUANT to section 45 (1) (b) of the Water Management Act 2000, I, PHILLIP COSTA, MP, Minister for Water, with the concurrence of the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, by this Order, amend the Water Sharing Plan for the Murrumbidgee Regulated River Water Source 2003 in the manner set out in Schedule 1.
This Order takes effect from the date it is published in the NSW Government Gazette.

Dated this 28th day of October 2008.

PHILLIP COSTA, M.P.,

Minister for Water

Published in Gazette No 150 of 21 November 2008, page 11303	Page 1
2008 No 534	Order amending Water Sharing Plan for the Murrumbidgee Regulated River Water Source 2003
Schedule 1
Schedule 1

[1]      Clause 39 (6)

Omit clause 39 (6). Insert instead:

(6)

Whenever the effective available water for regulated river (general security) access licences for that water year is less than or equal to 0.7 megalitres per unit share, available water determinations made for regulated river (general security) access licences shall also indicate that:

(a)	water may be extracted without debit to regulated river (general security) access licence water allocation accounts whenever access to water by supplementary water access licences is permitted under clause 51,
(b)	the total amount of water that may be extracted without debit to the water allocation account under subclause (6) (a) in any water year is limited to the equivalent of 0.85 megalitres per unit share minus the effective available water for that year, and
(c)	if at any time during the water year:

(i)      the effective available water for regulated river (general security) access licences for that water year is less than 0.85 megalitres per unit share, and

(ii)      the effective available water for regulated river (general security) access licences for that water year and the total volume of extractions taken under subclause (6) (b) exceed 0.85 megalitres per unit share,

then a volume of water that is equal to the volume of exceedance minus the volume of any previous debits made under this subclause shall be withdrawn from the regulated river (general security) access licence water allocation account, and

(d) if at any time during the water year the effective available water for regulated river (general security) access licences for that water year increases to greater than 0.85 megalitres per unit share, then a volume of water equal to the volume that has been taken pursuant to subclause (6) (b) less the volume of any previous debits made under this subclause or subclause (6) (c) shall be withdrawn from the regulated

Order amending Water Sharing Plan for the Murrumbidgee Regulated River	2008 No 534
Water Source 2003

Schedule 1

[2]      Clause 48 (2) (a)

Omit clause 48 (2) (a). Insert instead:

(a) the maximum volume of water allocation that may be carried over in the water allocation account from one water year to the next shall be equal to 0.3 megalitres multiplied by the number of unit shares specified in the share component,

[3]      Clause 48 (3) (a)

Omit clause 48 (3) (a). Insert instead:

(a) the maximum volume of water allocation that may be carried over in the water allocation account from one water year to the next shall be equal to 0.3 megalitres multiplied by the number of unit shares specified in the share component, and

[4]      Clause 53 (5)

Omit clause 48 (3) (a). Insert instead:

(5)

Until such time as extraction components on access licences nominating water supply works in the Yanco Creek system have been numerically specified, any dealing that results in the sum of A + B exceeding the sum of A + B at the commencement of this Plan, is prohibited, where:

(a)	A is the total number of unit shares specified in share components of access licences, excluding supplementary water access licences, nominating water supply works in the Yanco Creek system, and
(b)	B is the total number of megalitres specified in share components of access licences nominating water supply works in the Yanco Creek system.

[5]      Schedule 1 Definitions

Insert the following:

effective available water is the sum of:

(a)	the available water determinations in the water year made under clause 39 (2) and 39 (3), and
(b)	the maximum of zero or the water carried over in regulated