Water Management (General) Amendment (Access Licence) Regulation 2019 (NSW)

New South Wales

Water Management (General) Amendment

(Access Licence) Regulation 2019

under the

Water Management Act 2000

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Water Management Act 2000.

MELINDA PAVEY, MP

Minister for Water, Property and Housing

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to amend the Water Management (General) Regulation 2018 to create an additional specific purpose access licence, namely the West Corurgan Temporary Critical Conveyance access licence.

This Regulation is made under the Water Management Act 2000, including sections 57(1)(l), 58(1)(c), 61(1)(a)(i) and 400 (the general regulation-making power) and paragraph (e) of the definition of specific

purpose access licence in the Dictionary to that Act.

Water Management (General) Amendment (Access Licence) Regulation 2019 [NSW]

Water Management (General) Amendment (Access Licence)

Regulation 2019

under the

Water Management Act 2000

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Water Management (General) Amendment (Access Licence)

Regulation 2019.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Water Management (General) Regulation 2018

(1) Clause 4 Categories of access licence

Insert after clause 4(1)(q)—

(r) West Corurgan Temporary Critical Conveyance access licence.

(2)	Clause 5 Specific purpose access licences
Insert after clause 5(1)(f)—

(g) West Corurgan Temporary Critical Conveyance access licence.

(3)	Clause 6 Priorities between different categories of access licence
Omit clause 6(1)(a). Insert instead—

(a)

the following access licences have equal priority with each other and have priority over any other access licences referred to in section 58(1)(c) of the Act—

(i)	regulated river (conveyance) access licences,
(ii)	Murrumbidgee Irrigation (conveyance) access licences,

(iii)	Coleambally Irrigation (conveyance) access licences,
(iv)	West Corurgan Temporary Critical Conveyance access licences, and

(4)	Clause 10 Applications for specific purpose access licences
Insert after clause 10(1)(j)—

(k) a West Corurgan Temporary Critical Conveyance access licence, for the purpose of enabling water to be supplied to the West Corurgan Private Irrigation District for domestic consumption and stock watering until the sum of available water determinations made by the Minister after the grant of the licence in relation to regulated river (general security) access licences in the New South Wales Murray regulated river water source exceeds 0.15 ML per unit share.