New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE MACQUARIE AND CUDGEGONG REGULATED RIVERS WATER SOURCE 2016 - REG 46

46 Numerical specification of extraction components

(1) At any time during the term of this Plan, the Minister may, in accordance with the mandatory conditions on access licences, amend the extraction components of access licences in this water source, or in any section of this water source.

(2) Action under subclause (1) should be undertaken as follows:

(a) the specified rate in the extraction component of each access licence should be a volume per unit of time or a share of supply capability,

(b) the specified rate in the extraction component of each domestic and stock, local water utility and regulated river (high security) access licence should be sufficient to satisfy the maximum daily water needs, and

(c) after satisfying subclause (2) (b), the remaining supply capability should be distributed among regulated river (general security) access licences in proportion to the share component of each access licence.

(3) When action under subclause (1) is undertaken the Minister may also, in accordance with mandatory conditions on access licences, amend the extraction components of access licences in other sections of this water source to exclude extractions in sections of this water source affected by the action under subclause (1).