Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Border Rivers Regulated River Water Source Amendment Order 2013 (NSW)

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New South Wales

Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Border Rivers

Regulated River Water Source Amendment Order

2013

under the

Water Management Act 2000

I, the Minister for Primary Industries, in pursuance of section 45 (1) (a) of the Water Management Act 2000, being satisfied it is in the public interest to do so, make the following Order to amend the Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Border Rivers Regulated River Water Source 2009.

Dated this 8th day of February 2013.

KATRINA HODGKINSON, MP
Minister for Primary Industries

Explanatory note object of this Order is to amend the Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Border Rivers Regulated River Water Source 2009. The concurrence of the Minister for the Environment was obtained prior to the making of this Order.

Published LW 22 February 2013

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Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Border Rivers Regulated River Water Source

Amendment Order 2013

under the
Water Management Act 2000

1.  Name of Order

This Order is the Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Border Rivers Regulated River Water Source
Amendment Order 2013.

2.  Commencement

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

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Schedule 1 Amendment of the Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Border Rivers
Regulated River Water Source 2009

[1] Clause 42 Carrying over of water allocation credits, water allocation account

limits and debits for excess losses

Omit clause 42. Insert instead:

42             Carrying over of water allocations and water allocation account limits

(1) The following rules shall apply to the management of water allocations in the

water allocation accounts of domestic and stock access licences, local water utility
access licences and regulated river (high security) access licences in this water

source:

(a)

the maximum volume that may be held in the water allocation account of domestic and stock or local water utility access licences at any time shall be equal to 100% of the access licence share component,

(b)

the maximum volume that may be held in the water allocation account of regulated river (high security) access licences at any time shall be equal to 1 megalitre multiplied by the number of unit shares specified in the access licence share component, and

(c)

any water allocations remaining in the water allocation account cannot be carried over from one water year to the next.

(2)

The following rules shall apply to the management of water allocations in the water allocation accounts of regulated river (general security - A class) access licences and regulated river (general security - B class) access licences:

(a)	any water allocation remaining in the water allocation account may be carried over from one water year to the next, and
(b)	the maximum volume that may be held in the water allocation account at any time shall be equal to 1 megalitre per unit share specified in the access licence share component.

(3)

The following rules shall apply to the management of water allocations in the
water allocation accounts of supplementary water access licences:

(a)	any water allocations remaining in the water allocation account of supplementary water access licences cannot be carried over from one water year to the next, and
(b)	the maximum volume that may be held in the water allocation account at any time shall be equal to:

(i)      1 megalitre per unit share specified in the access licence share component,

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(ii)     plus any water allocations assigned from another access licence in that water year, and

(iii)    minus any water allocations assigned to another access licence in that water year.