47Taking of uncontrolled flows
under regulated river (high security) access licences
(1)
An order under section 85A of the Act authorising
the taking of uncontrolled flows may be made in accordance with the provisions
of this clause for regulated river (high security) access licences that
nominate a water supply work that has had metering equipment installed in
connection with it.
Note—
Uncontrolled flows are defined in
the Dictionary to this Plan.
(2)
The following rules apply to the taking of
uncontrolled flows:
(a)
when the sum of available water determinations in
any water year is less than or equal to 0.2 ML per unit share for regulated
river (high security) access licences then the taking of water will only be
permitted when uncontrolled flows in the Belubula Regulated River are greater
than or equal to 13 ML/day at the Helensholme gauge
(412033),
(b)
when the sum of available water determinations in
any water year is less than or equal to 0.5 ML and greater than 0.2 ML per
unit share for regulated river (high security) access licences then the taking
of water will only be permitted when uncontrolled flows in the Belubula
Regulated River are greater than or equal to 20 ML/day at the Helensholme
gauge (412033), and
(c)
when the sum of available water determinations in
any water year is greater than 0.5 ML per unit share for regulated river (high
security) access licences, the taking of water from uncontrolled flows will
not be permitted.
(3)
The total amount of water that may be extracted
under this clause in any water year by a regulated river (high security)
access licence holder must not exceed an amount that is equal to 0.5 ML per
unit share of the regulated river (high security) access licence share
component.
(4)
If available water determinations are made for
regulated river (high security) access licences during that water year after
the taking of water from uncontrolled flows is no longer permitted, then the
water allocation accounts of regulated river (high security) access licences
will be debited by the volume of water taken from uncontrolled flows up to the
amount credited to the account from those available water
determinations.
(5)
Access licence holders must supply State Water
with meter readings taken immediately prior to and after the taking of
uncontrolled flow within 7 days of ceasing to take uncontrolled
flows.
(6)
If the total amount of uncontrolled flows taken
under an access licence exceeds the limits specified in subclause (3), then a
volume equivalent to the exceedence will be debited from allocations credited
to the access licence water allocation account in that water
year.
cl 47: Am 2013 (610),
Sch 1 [1].