Water Management (General) Regulation 2004



Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Water Management Act 2000.

CRAIG KNOWLES, M.P.,Minister for Natural Resources
Part 1 Preliminary
1   Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Water Management (General) Regulation 2004.
2   Commencement
This Regulation commences on 1 July 2004.
3   Definitions
(1)  In this Regulation:
appointed day means:
(a)  in relation to a category or subcategory of access licence to which Part 2 of Chapter 3 of the Act applies or an entitlement from which such an access licence arises, the day appointed under section 55A of the Act in relation to that category or subcategory of access licence, or
(b)  in relation to a type or kind of approval to which Part 3 of Chapter 3 of the Act applies or an entitlement from which such an approval arises, the day appointed under section 88A of the Act in relation to that type or kind of approval.
Note—
Clause 9 of Schedule 10 to the Act provides that, in certain circumstances, the operation of those Parts is deferred in relation to particular entitlements.
authorised area, in relation to an entitlement, means the authorised area specified in the entitlement.
commercial activities means activities within the following categories recognised in the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industry Classification (ANZSIC), 1993 edition (Australian Bureau of Statistics publication, Catalogue No 1292.0):
(a)  construction (category E),
(b)  wholesale trade (category F),
(c)  retail trade (category G),
(d)  accommodation, cafes and restaurants (category H),
(e)  communication services (category J),
(f)  finance and insurance (category K),
(g)  property and business services (category L),
(h)  government administration and defence (category M),
(i)  education (category N),
(j)  health and community services (category O),
(k)  cultural and recreational services (category P),
(l)  personal and other services (category Q).
Note—
This definition replicates the definition of associated commercial activities in section 66 (3A) of the Act.
domestic consumption, in relation to land, means consumption for normal household purposes in domestic premises situated on the land.
Note—
This definition replicates the definition of domestic consumption in section 52 (3) of the Act.
entitlement means:
(a)  a licence, permit, authority, irrigation corporation licence or group licence referred to in Part 2 of the former 1912 Act, or
(b)  a right to take and use water referred to in section 38B of the former 1912 Act, or
(c)  a licence referred to in Part 5 of the former 1912 Act, or
(d)  an approval referred to in Part 8 of the former 1912 Act, or
(e)  a water management licence under Part 9 of the former 1912 Act, or
(f)  a permit under Part 3A of the former 1948 Act, or
(g)  an irrigation corporation licence under the former 1994 Act, or
(h)  any power under section 12 of the Water Administration Act 1986 or section 8 of the former 1912 Act that, immediately before the appointed day, was exercisable by any person pursuant to an agreement between that person and the Ministerial Corporation, or
(i)  any right to take water from an unlicensed bore (being a bore constructed as referred to in section 112 (1) (b) of the former 1912 Act) that was in force immediately before the appointed day, or
(j)  any arrangement that, immediately before 1 July 2004, was in force between a local council and the Ministerial Corporation, or
(k)  any other right, interest, privilege, permission or authority that is declared by this Regulation to be an entitlement for the purposes of this clause.
Note—
This definition replicates the definition of entitlement in clause 2 of Schedule 10 to the Act.
excluded work means a work referred to in Schedule 1.
general security entitlement means an entitlement that, pursuant to clause 4 of Schedule 10 to the Act, has been replaced by a regulated river (general security) access licence.
section 18 entitlement means an additional licence under section 18 (2) of the former 1912 Act.
section 20B entitlement means an authority for a joint water supply scheme under section 20B of the former 1912 Act that, immediately before the appointed day, was subject to a high flow condition.
section 20AA direction means a direction under section 20AA of the former 1912 Act.
stock watering, in relation to land, means the watering of stock animals being raised on the land, but does not include the use of water in connection with the raising of stock animals on an intensive commercial basis that are housed or kept in feedlots or buildings for all (or a substantial part) of the period during which the stock animals are being raised.
Note—
This definition replicates the definition of stock watering in section 52 (3) of the Act.
the Act means the Water Management Act 2000.
the former 1912 Act means the Water Act 1912.
the former 1948 Act means the Rivers and Foreshores Improvement Act 1948.
the former 1994 Act means Division 3 of Part 4 of the Irrigation Corporations Act 1994, as continued in force by clause 11 of the Water Management (Irrigation Corporations) Savings and Transitional Regulation 1995.
water year means a year commencing 1 July.
(2)  For the purposes of paragraph (k) of the definition of entitlement in clause 2 of Schedule 10 to the Act, any arrangement that, immediately before 1 July 2004, was in force between a local council and the Ministerial Corporation is declared to be an entitlement for the purposes of that clause.
(3)  Notes in the text of this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.
4   Temporary extension of existing exemption
(1)  Any person who, immediately before 1 July 2004, was taking or using water by means of a work identified in either of the Schedules to the Amnesty Document is exempt from sections 341 (1), 342 (1) and 343 (1) of the Act and so may continue to take and use water by means of that work without the need for a water supply work approval for the work, an access licence for water taken by means of the work or a water use approval for the use of the water so taken.
(2)  The exemption conferred on a person by subclause (1):
(a)  applies only while the person complies with such of the conditions set out in the Amnesty Document as are applicable to the work concerned, and
(b)  ceases to have effect on 30 September 2005.
(3)  In this clause, Amnesty Document means the document entitled NSW Water Amnesty Exemptions Provisions prepared within the former Department of Land and Water Conservation, with document identifier 0377706, copies of which are available for inspection at the offices of the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources.
5   Pre-1999 existing works
(1)  This clause applies to the following kinds of water supply work whose construction had been completed before 1 January 1999 (pre-1999 existing works):
(a)  impounding works that exceed the maximum capacity allowed by any relevant order in force under section 54 of the Act,
(b)  dams and other works on rivers or lakes:
(i)  constructed for landholders by a government agency, or
(ii)  constructed by landholders with the approval of a government agency, or
(iii)  constructed by landholders, where the works did not require a licence under Part 2 of the former 1912 Act under the then Government policy,
other than dams or other works that are also flood works,
(c)  works taking water, at a rate of not more than 5 megalitres per year, from rivers for the purposes of farming, washdowns, fruit and vegetable spraying or washing, or livestock shed cooling,
(d)  works previously exempted from the operation of Part 2 of the former 1912 Act by section 7 (1) of the Hunter Valley Flood Mitigation Act 1956.
(2)  Clause 32 does not apply so as to require an application for a water supply work approval for a pre-1999 existing work to be advertised as referred to in section 92 of the Act.
(3)  Section 94 of the Act does not apply so as to require:
(a)  an application for a water supply work approval for a pre-1999 existing work to be referred to a Commission of Inquiry, or
(b)  a decision on such an application to be made having regard to a Commission of Inquiry’s report into the application.
(4)  For the purposes of section 112 (1) (d) of the Act, an application for a water supply work approval for a pre-1999 existing work is prescribed as an application to which an embargo under section 110 or 111 of the Act does not apply.
(5)  Despite section 61 (1) (a) of the Act, the owner of a pre-1999 existing work may apply to the Minister for any category or subcategory of access licence for water taken by means of that work.
Part 2 Management plans
6   Water sharing provisions
(1)  For the purposes of section 21 (c) of the Act, circumstances in which there is insufficient water available in the relevant dam to provide for losses in the conveyance of water between the dam and the locations to which it is delivered (whether by evaporation, leakage or otherwise) are prescribed as circumstances in which the water so lost may be withdrawn from a water allocation account.
(2)  In this clause, the relevant dam means the dam from which water is released for delivery to the holder of an access licence.
7   Amendment of Minister’s plans
(1)  On the commencement of this clause, each Minister’s plan referred to in Schedule 2 is amended, in relation only to those references that relate to provisions of the Water Management Act 2000:
(a)  by omitting the matter “section 42 (2)”, wherever occurring, and by inserting instead the matter “section 45 (1) (b)”, and
(b)  by omitting the matter “section 71A”, wherever occurring, and by inserting instead the matter “section 71M”, and
(c)  by omitting the matter “section 71B”, “section 71C”, “section 71D”, “section 71E”, “section 71F”, “section 71G”, “section 71H”, “section 71I”, “section 71J”, “section 71K” and “section 71L”, wherever occurring, and by inserting instead the matter “section 71O”, “section 71P”, “section 71Q”, “section 71R”, “section 71S”, “section 71T”, “section 71U”, “section 71V”, “section 71W”, “section 71Y” and “section 71Z” respectively.
(2)  On the commencement of this clause each Minister’s plan referred to in Schedule 2 is amended by omitting the words “environmental health water” and “supplementary environmental water” wherever occurring and by inserting instead the words “planned environmental water”.
Part 3 Access licences
Division 1 General
8   Categories of access licence
(1)  For the purposes of section 57 (1) (l) of the Act, each of the following categories of access licence are prescribed:
(a)  Murrumbidgee Irrigation (conveyance) access licence,
(b)  Coleambally Irrigation (conveyance) access licence,
(c)  floodplain harvesting access licence.
(2)  For the purposes of section 57 (2) of the Act, each subcategory specified in Column 2 of Schedule 3 in relation to a category of access licence referred to in Column 1 of that Schedule is a prescribed subcategory of the category so referred to.
9   Priorities between different categories of access licence
(1)  The following priorities are to be observed in relation to the access licences referred to in section 58 (1) (c) of the Act:
(a)  regulated river (conveyance) access licences, Murrumbidgee Irrigation (conveyance) access licences and Coleambally Irrigation (conveyance) access licences:
(i)  have equal priority with each other, and
(ii)  have priority over access licences referred to in paragraph (b),
(b)  all other access licences referred to in section 58 (1) (c) of the Act have equal priority with each other.
(2)  Any subcategory of access licence has equal priority with the access licence of which it is a subcategory and with any other subcategory of that licence.
10   Available water determinations
For the purposes of section 59 (2) of the Act, an available water determination referred to in section 59 (1) (a) of the Act is to be published in one or more local newspapers circulating generally throughout the areas and localities to which the determination relates.
11   Applications generally
(1)  An application under Part 2 of Chapter 3 of the Act:
(a)  must be in a form approved by the Director-General, and
(b)  must be signed or otherwise authenticated by each party to the application, and
(c)  must be accompanied by, or make provision for the payment of, the fee payable under section 114 of the Act in relation to the application, and
(d)  must be lodged at, or sent by post to, an office of the Department.
(2)  An application is incomplete unless it includes, or is accompanied by, all information required by the approved form.
(3)  This clause does not apply to an application for the recording of any matter in the Access Register under section 71A of the Act.
12   Matters to be recorded in Water Access Licence Register
For the purposes of section 71A (1) (h) of the Act, the matters to be recorded in the General Division of the Access Register include any memorandum of terms and conditions:
(a)  that is lodged with the Minister by the holder, or prospective holder, of a security interest, and
(b)  that is, or is intended to be, adopted by or incorporated in an instrument evidencing the existence of a security interest, as referred to in section 71D (1) (a) of the Act.
13   Dealings on default
For the purposes of section 71X of the Act, a notice referred to in subsection (1) (b) of that section with respect to an access licence to be transferred as a consequence of a default in the payment of a debt or performance of some other obligation under a contract or other legally enforceable arrangement secured by a security interest:
(a)  must indicate:
(i)  that it is a notice under that section, and
(ii)  that the holder or co-holder of the licence is in default under the contract or arrangement, as specified in the notice, and
(iii)  that steps that must be taken by the holder or co-holder of the licence to rectify the default, as specified in the notice, and
(iv)  that, if those steps are not taken within 30 days after service of the notice, the access licence may be transferred pursuant to that section,
(b)  must be served on a person in a manner in which a document may be served on a person under section 170 of the Conveyancing Act 1919.
14   Cancellation of specific purpose access licences
For the purposes of section 77A (3) of the Act, the following criteria are prescribed as criteria that the Minister must consider when determining whether the purpose for which a specific purpose access licence was granted no longer exists:
(a)  in the case of an access licence for the supply of water to a location in relation to any activity, whether that activity is still continued at that location or still requires a supply of water,
(b)  in the case of an access licence for the supply of water to a town or community or to some other location for domestic purposes, whether anyone still resides in that town or community or at that location,
(c)  in the case of an access licence for the supply of water to a location for stock purposes, whether there is still any stock at that location,
(d)  in the case of an access licence for the supply of water for any purpose from any water source, whether the water previously supplied for that purpose from that water source is now supplied from some other water source.
15   Register of available water determinations
(1)  The following particulars must be recorded in the register of available water determinations kept under section 84 of the Act in relation to each available water determination made under section 59 of the Act:
(a)  the terms of the determination,
(b)  the date on which it was made,
(c)  the water source or sources (or the parts of the water source or sources) to which it applies,
(d)  in the case of a determination referred to in section 59 (1) (a) of the Act, the categories or subcategories of access licence to which it applies,
(e)  in the case of a determination referred to in section 59 (1) (b) of the Act, the individual access licences to which it applies.
(2)  For the purposes of section 84 (3) of the Act, the following places are prescribed as places at which the register of available water determinations is to be made available for public inspection:
(a)  the head office of the Department,
(b)  each regional office of the Department.
16   Water allocation accounts
(1)  Water allocations are to be debited from an access licence’s water allocation account:
(a)  except as provided by paragraph (b), whenever water is taken by means of any of the access licence’s nominated water supply works, or
(b)  if the relevant water sharing plan so provides, whenever water is ordered in relation to any of the access licence’s nominated water supply works.
(2)  If a water supply work is nominated in relation to two or more access licences, water allocations taken by means of, or ordered in relation to, the work are to be debited from the water allocation accounts for those access licences:
(a)  to the extent to which the relevant water sharing provisions of a management plan establish priorities in that regard, in accordance with the priorities so established, and
(b)  to the extent to which the relevant water sharing provisions of a management plan do not establish priorities in that regard:
(i)  subject to subparagraph (ii), as nominated by the holder of the access licences concerned or, if the access licences are held by different people, as nominated jointly by the holders, or
(ii)  if no such nomination is made or if such a nomination is incapable of being implemented, as determined by the Director-General.
17   Claims for compensation
(1)  A claim under section 87 of the Act:
(a)  must be in a form approved by the Director-General, and
(b)  must be signed or otherwise authenticated by the claimant, and
(c)  must be lodged at, or sent by post to, an office of the Department.
(2)  A claim is incomplete unless it includes, or is accompanied by, all information required by the approved form.
Division 2 Exemptions
18   Exemption from requirement for access licence
(1)  The following persons are exempt from section 341 (1) of the Act in relation to the taking of water from a water source:
(a)  a roads authority (within the meaning of the Roads Act 1993), in relation to water required for road construction and road maintenance,
(b)  any person lawfully engaged in the carriage of water for use for drought relief, in relation to water required for that purpose,
(c)  any person lawfully engaged in the use of water for dust suppression,
(d)  any person lawfully engaged in the hydrostatic testing of gas pipelines, in relation to water required for that purpose,
(e)  any person lawfully engaged in prospecting or fossicking for minerals or petroleum under the Mining Act 1992 or the Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991, in relation to water required for that purpose,
(f)  any landholder, in relation to water required for the purpose of generating electricity for use for domestic consumption on that land (but only if the water is returned to the water source from which it was taken),
(g)  any person lawfully engaged in the testing of a bore, in relation to water used for that purpose during the week following completion of the bore’s construction,
(h)  any person lawfully engaged in the operation of a hydro-electric power station in connection with a water supply work owned by the Ministerial Corporation,
(i)  all persons, in relation to the taking of water from or by means of an excluded work.
Note—
The use of a water supply work for the purpose of taking any such water may still require a water supply work approval under Part 3 of Chapter 3 of the Act.
(2)  A person who is engaged in an aquifer interference activity in connection with the mining or extraction of any material is exempt from the operation of section 341 (1) of the Act in relation to the taking of water from an aquifer if the water is taken in accordance with an aquifer interference approval with respect to that activity.
19   Applications for specific purpose access licences
For the purposes of section 61 (1) (a) of the Act, an application for the following categories and subcategories of specific purpose access licence may be made, but only for the following purposes:
(a)  a local water utility access licence (subcategory “domestic and commercial”), for the purpose of domestic consumption and commercial activities,
(b)  a domestic and stock access licence (subcategory “domestic”), for the purpose of domestic consumption,
(c)  an unregulated river access licence (subcategory “town water supply”), for the purpose of supply to communities for domestic consumption and commercial activities,
(d)  a regulated river (high security) access licence (subcategory “town water supply”), for the purpose of supply to communities for domestic consumption and commercial activities,
(e)  an aquifer access licence (subcategory “town water supply”), for the purpose of supply to communities for domestic consumption and commercial activities,
(f)  any category of specific purpose access licence (subcategory “Aboriginal cultural”), for Aboriginal cultural purposes.
20   Granting of access licences
An access licence for which an application may be made under section 61 (1) of the Act, or under clause 5 (5) of this Regulation, is exempt from the operation of section 63 (2) (a) of the Act.
21   Security holder’s consent not required for certain dealings
An increase in the share or extraction component of an access licence in connection with the assignment of rights under section 71Q of the Act is exempt from the requirements of section 71L (1) (c) of the Act.
Division 3 Replacement supplementary water access licences
22   Gwydir
(1)  On 1 July 2004, a section 18 entitlement or section 20B entitlement with respect to the Gwydir is taken to have been replaced by a supplementary water access licence with a share component calculated in accordance with the following formula:
 
where:
S1 represents the share component for the supplementary water access licence, expressed in megalitres.
D (the base amount under this subclause) represents an area equivalent to 6 times the area (measured in hectares) of the authorised area in relation to the entitlement.
ΣD represents the sum of the base amounts under this subclause for all section 18 entitlements or section 20B entitlements with respect to the Gwydir.
ΣE represents the sum of the base amounts under subclause (2) for all general security entitlements with respect to the Gwydir.
(2)  On 1 July 2004, a general security entitlement with respect to the Gwydir is taken to have been replaced not only by the relevant access licence referred to in Schedule 11 to the Act but also by a supplementary water access licence with a share component calculated in accordance with the following formula:
 
where:
S2 represents the share component for the supplementary water access licence, expressed in megalitres.
E (the base amount under this subclause) represents the volume of water authorised by the entitlement immediately before 1 July 2004.
ΣD represents the sum of the base amounts under subclause (1) for all section 18 entitlements or section 20B entitlements with respect to the Gwydir.
ΣE represents the sum of the base amounts under this subclause for all general security entitlements with respect to the Gwydir.
(3)  In this clause, a reference to the Gwydir is a reference to the Gwydir regulated river water source identified in the Water Sharing Plan for the Gwydir Regulated River Water Source 2002, as in force on 1 July 2004.
23   Hunter
(1)  On 1 July 2004, the entitlement identified as 20MW000021 with respect to the Hunter is taken to have been replaced not only by the relevant access licence referred to in Schedule 11 to the Act but also by a supplementary water access licence with a share component of 36,000 megalitres.
(2)  On 1 July 2004, a general security entitlement with respect to the Hunter (other than the entitlement referred to in subclause (1)) is taken to have been replaced not only by the relevant access licence referred to in Schedule 11 to the Act but also by a supplementary water access licence with a share component equivalent to the greater of the following:
(a)  the greatest volume of water (in megalitres) taken in excess of the volume authorised by the entitlement in any water year between 1 July 1993 and 30 June 2000,
(b)  the greatest volume of water (in megalitres) taken pursuant to a relevant section 20AA direction in any water year between 1 July 1993 and 30 June 1998.
(3)  In this clause, a reference to the Hunter is a reference to the Hunter regulated river water source identified in the Water Sharing Plan for the Hunter Regulated River Water Source 2004, as in force on 1 July 2004.
24   Lower Darling
(1)  On 1 July 2004, a general security entitlement with respect to the Lower Darling is taken to have been replaced not only by the relevant access licence referred to in Schedule 11 to the Act but also by a supplementary water access licence with a share component calculated in accordance with the following formula:
 
where:
S represents the share component for the supplementary water access licence, expressed in megalitres.
E (the base amount under this subclause) represents the greatest volume of water (in megalitres) taken in excess of the entitlement in any water year between 1 July 1983 and 30 June 2001.
ΣE represents the sum of the base amounts under this subclause for all general security entitlements with respect to the Lower Darling.
(2)  In this clause, a reference to the Lower Darling is a reference to the Lower Darling regulated river water source identified in the Water Sharing Plan for the Murray and Lower Darling Regulated Rivers Water Sources 2003, as in force on 1 July 2004.
25   Lower Namoi
(1)  On 1 July 2004, a section 18 entitlement or section 20B entitlement with respect to the Lower Namoi is taken to have been replaced by a supplementary water access licence with a share component calculated as follows:
(a)  if D is equal to or greater than G, in accordance with the following formula:
 
(b)  if D is less than G, in accordance with whichever of the following formulae yield the lesser volume:
 
 
where:
S1 represents the share component for the supplementary water access licence, expressed in megalitres.
D (the base amount under this subclause) represents the greater of:
(a)  the greatest volume of water taken pursuant to the entitlement in any water year between 1 July 1990 and 30 June 2001, and
(b)  one megalitre per hectare of the authorised area in relation to the entitlement.
G represents the average number of days per water year on which pumping water pursuant to the entitlement was permissible in the water years between 1 July 1990 and 30 June 2001, multiplied by the assessed pump capacity associated with the entitlement.
E represents the base amount under subclause (2) for the associated general security entitlement.
ΣE represents the sum of the base amounts under subclause (2) for all general security entitlements with respect to the Lower Namoi.
(2)  On 1 July 2004, a general security entitlement with respect to the Lower Namoi is taken to have been replaced not only by the relevant access licence referred to in Schedule 11 to the Act but also by a supplementary water access licence with a share component calculated as follows:
(a)  if the holder of the general security entitlement:
(i)  is not also the holder of a section 18 entitlement or section 20B entitlement, or
(ii)  is also the holder of a section 18 entitlement or section 20B entitlement and D is equal to or greater than G,
in accordance with the following formula:
 
(b)  if the holder of the general security entitlement is also the holder of a section 18 entitlement or section 20B entitlement and D is less than G, in accordance with the following formula:
 
where:
S2 represents the share component for the supplementary water access licence, expressed in megalitres.
D represents the base amount under subclause (1) for the associated section 18 entitlement or section 20B entitlement.
E (the base amount under this subclause) represents the greater of:
(a)  the greatest volume of water taken pursuant to the relevant section 20AA direction in any water year between 1 July 1990 and 30 June 2001, and
(b)  one megalitre per hectare of the authorised area in relation to the general security entitlement.
G represents the average number of days per water year on which pumping water pursuant to the associated section 18 entitlement or section 20B entitlement was permissible in the water years between 1 July 1990 and 30 June 2001, multiplied by the assessed pump capacity associated with the entitlement.
S1 represents the share component for the associated section 18 entitlement or section 20B entitlement under subclause (1).
ΣE represents the sum of the base amounts under this subclause for all general security entitlements with respect to the Lower Namoi.
(3)  For the purposes of this clause, a section 18 entitlement or section 20B entitlement and a general security entitlement are associated with each other if, under the former 1912 Act, the one was granted in relation to the other.
(4)  In this clause, a reference to the Lower Namoi is a reference to the Lower Namoi regulated river water source identified in the Water Sharing Plan for the Upper Namoi and Lower Namoi Regulated River Water Sources 2003, as in force on 1 July 2004.
26   Macquarie and Cudgegong
(1)  On 1 July 2004, a section 18 entitlement or section 20B entitlement with respect to the Macquarie and Cudgegong is taken to have been replaced by a supplementary water access licence with a share component calculated in accordance with the following formula:
 
where:
S1 represents the share component for the supplementary water access licence, expressed in megalitres.
D (the base amount under this subclause) represents an area equivalent to 8 times the area (measured in hectares) of the authorised area in relation to the entitlement.
ΣD represents the sum of the base amounts under this subclause for all section 18 entitlements or section 20B entitlements with respect to the Macquarie and Cudgegong.
ΣE represents the sum of the base amounts under subclause (2) for all general security entitlements with respect to the Macquarie and Cudgegong.
(2)  On 1 July 2004, a general security entitlement with respect to the Macquarie and Cudgegong is taken to have been replaced not only by the relevant access licence referred to in Schedule 11 to the Act but also by a supplementary water access licence with a share component calculated in accordance with the following formula:
 
where:
S2 represents the share component for the supplementary water access licence, expressed in megalitres.
E (the base amount under this subclause) represents the volume of water authorised by the entitlement immediately before 1 July 2004.
ΣD represents the sum of the base amounts under subclause (1) for all section 18 entitlements or section 20B entitlements with respect to the Macquarie and Cudgegong.
ΣE represents the sum of the base amounts under this subclause for all general security entitlements with respect to the Macquarie and Cudgegong.
(3)  In this clause, references to the Macquarie and Cudgegong are references to the Macquarie and Cudgegong regulated river water sources identified in the Water Sharing Plan for the Macquarie and Cudgegong Regulated Rivers Water Source 2003, as in force on 1 July 2004.
27   Murray
(1)  On 1 July 2004, each entitlement with respect to the Murray referred to in Column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 4 is taken to have been replaced not only by the relevant access licence referred to in Schedule 11 to the Act but also by a supplementary water access licence with a share component equivalent to the volume of water (expressed in megalitres) specified in Column 2 of Schedule 4 with respect to that entitlement.
(2)  In this clause, a reference to the Murray is a reference to the Murray regulated river water source identified in the Water Sharing Plan for the Murray and Lower Darling Regulated Rivers Water Sources 2003, as in force on 1 July 2004.
28   Murrumbidgee
(1)  On 1 July 2004, each entitlement with respect to the Murrumbidgee referred to in Column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 4 is taken to have been replaced not only by the relevant access licence referred to in Schedule 11 to the Act but also by a supplementary water access licence with a share component equivalent to the volume of water (expressed in megalitres) specified in Column 2 of Schedule 4 with respect to that entitlement.
(2)  In this clause, a reference to the Murrumbidgee is a reference to the Murrumbidgee regulated river water source identified in the Water Sharing Plan for the Murrumbidgee Regulated River Water Source 2003, as in force on 1 July 2004.
29   Miscellaneous
(1)  A general security entitlement is not replaced by a supplementary water access licence if the share component for such a licence, calculated in accordance with this Division, would be zero.
(2)  A supplementary water access licence that has replaced a general security entitlement is subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with any mandatory conditions referred to in clause 20 of Schedule 10 to the Act, as were most recently applicable to the taking and use of water under the entitlement.
Part 4 Approvals
Division 1 General
30   Definition of “aquifer interference activity”
The following activities are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (d) of the definition of aquifer interference activity in the Dictionary to the Act:
(a)  the extraction of silica sands,
(b)  the extraction of road base material.
31   Applications generally
(1)  An application under Part 3 of Chapter 3 of the Act:
(a)  must be in a form approved by the Director-General, and
(b)  must, if required by the Director-General, include or be accompanied by an assessment of the likely impact of the water use, work or activity concerned, and
(c)  must be signed or otherwise authenticated by each party to the application, and
(d)  must be accompanied by, or make provision for the payment of, the fee payable under section 114 of the Act in relation to the application, and
(e)  must be lodged at, or sent by post to, an office of the Department.
(2)  An application is incomplete unless it includes, or is accompanied by, all information required by the approved form.
(3)  An assessment referred to in subclause (1) (b) must be prepared in accordance with guidelines approved by the Director-General.
(4)  The guidelines referred to in subclause (3):
(a)  are to be made available for public inspection, free of charge, during normal business hours:
(i)  at the head office of the Department, and
(ii)  at each regional office of the Department, and
(b)  are to be published on the Department’s internet website.
32   Advertising of applications for approvals: section 92 (7)
(1)  The following classes of applications are to be advertised, as referred to in section 92 (7) of the Act:
(a)  applications for water supply work approvals for:
(i)  works for the taking of water from a river, or
(ii)  bores for the taking of water, other than bores used solely for taking water in accordance with a person’s basic landholder rights, or
(iii)  works (such as weirs) that have the effect of impounding water in a water source, or
(iv)  works (such as tanks and dams) that are constructed or used for the purpose of capturing rainwater run-off,
(b)  applications for water use approvals for irrigation,
(c)  applications whose advertising is required by any relevant management plan.
(2)  An application referred to in subclause (1) (a) does not have to be advertised (unless so required by a management plan referred to in subclause (1) (c)) if the water supply work concerned is to be used:
(a)  for a period of not more than 3 months, and
(b)  for one of the following purposes:
(i)  road construction or road maintenance by a roads authority (within the meaning of the Roads Act 1993), or
(ii)  drought relief, or
(iii)  dust suppression, or
(iv)  prospecting or fossicking for minerals or petroleum under the Mining Act 1992 or the Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991, or
(v)  hydrostatic testing of gas pipelines.
(3)  An application for an approval must be advertised by the Director-General by means of a notice published:
(a)  in a local newspaper, and
(b)  in a newspaper circulating among such Aboriginal communities as could be affected by the granting of such an approval, and
(c)  on the Department’s internet website.
(4)  The notice must contain the following information:
(a)  the name of the applicant,
(b)  the type of approval to which the application relates,
(c)  particulars indicating the location to which the application relates,
(d)  in the case of a water supply work approval, the capacity of the work and the water source and stream from which the work is proposed to take water,
(e)  in the case of a water use approval, the purpose for which water is to be used under the approval,
(f)  the form in which any objection against the application should be made for the purposes of section 93 of the Act,
(g)  the address to which, and the time by which, any such objection should be made,
(h)  the name and contact details for the relevant Departmental officer.
33   Matters affecting consideration of applications: section 96
For the purposes of section 96 (a) of the Act, the matters to be taken into consideration by the Minister in considering whether or not to grant an aquifer interference approval include whether the amount of water taken in the course of carrying out the aquifer interference activity to which the approval relates will exceed the total extraction limit for the aquifer set out in any relevant management plan.
34   Procedure for making objection to granting of approval
For the purposes of section 93 (1) of the Act, an objection to the granting of an approval:
(a)  must be in writing, and
(b)  must be signed or otherwise authenticated by the objector, and
(c)  must contain the name and address of the objector, and
(d)  must be lodged at, or sent by post to, the address specified in the notice referred to in clause 32 (4) (g) within 28 days after the notice was first published, and
(e)  must specify the grounds of the objection.
35   Register of approvals
For the purposes of section 113 (3) of the Act, the following places are prescribed as places at which the register kept under that section is to made available for public inspection:
(a)  the head office of the Department,
(b)  each regional office of the Department.
36   Security deposits
(1)  This clause applies to any approval that is granted subject to a condition requiring the holder of the approval to reinstate land affected by the construction of any work or the carrying out of any activity.
(2)  An approval to which this clause applies may be granted subject to a further condition to the effect that, before commencing the construction of any work or the carrying out of any activity, the holder of the approval must provide the Minister with security for the cost of complying with the condition as to reinstatement.
(3)  The security is to be for such reasonable amount as is determined by the Minister and specified in the condition as to security.
(4)  The security may be provided, at the choice of the holder of the approval, by means of a deposit with the Minister or a guarantee satisfactory to the Minister.
(5)  Security provided by way of deposit may be paid out to meet the cost of complying with the condition as to reinstatement.
(6)  Any amount repaid to the applicant from a deposit is to be repaid together with any interest accrued as a consequence of its investment.
37   Access licences and approvals arising from former entitlements
A section 18 entitlement or section 20B entitlement that, immediately before 1 July 2004, was in force under the former 1912 Act is taken to have been replaced:
(a)  to the extent to which it entitles any person or body to use a specified water management work, by a water management work approval held by that person or body in respect of that work (subject to such of the conditions of the entitlement, not inconsistent with any mandatory conditions referred to in clause 20 of Schedule 10 to the Act, as are applicable to an approval of that kind), and
(b)  to the extent to which it entitles any person or body to use water on any land, by a water use approval held by that person or body in respect of that land (subject to such of the conditions of the entitlement, not inconsistent with any mandatory conditions referred to in clause 20 of Schedule 10 to the Act, as are applicable to an approval of that kind).
Division 2 Exemptions
38   Exemption from requirement for water use approval
(1)  A person is exempt from section 342 (1) of the Act in relation to the use of water for any of the following purposes:
(a)  the use of water for a purpose for which a development consent is in force under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, other than the use of water for power generation by a major utility, or
(b)  the use of water for road construction and road maintenance by a roads authority (within the meaning of the Roads Act 1993), or
(c)  the use of water for drought relief, or
(d)  the use of water for dust suppression, or
(e)  the use of water taken from or by means of an excluded work, or
(f)  the use of water for domestic consumption and stock watering, or
(g)  the use of water for the purpose of prospecting or fossicking for minerals or petroleum under the Mining Act 1992 or the Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991, or
(h)  the use of water for the purpose of operating a hydro-electric power station in connection with a water supply work owned by the Ministerial Corporation.
(2)  A person who is engaged in an aquifer interference activity in connection with the mining or extraction of any material is exempt from the operation of section 342 (1) of the Act in relation to the using of water from an aquifer if the water is used in accordance with an aquifer interference approval with respect to that activity.
39   Exemption from requirement for water supply work approval
(1)  A person is exempt from section 343 (1) (a) of the Act in relation to:
(a)  the construction of an excluded work, or
(b)  the construction of a dam or water bore to be used solely for the purpose of exercising domestic and stock rights in relation to a water source to which Part 3 of Chapter 3 of the Act does not apply, or
(c)  the construction of a water supply work to be used solely for the purpose of prospecting or fossicking for minerals or petroleum under the Mining Act 1992 or the Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991, or
(d)  the construction of a water pipe for use solely for conveying water from one place to another, or
(e)  the construction of a water reticulation work on land the subject of a water use approval.
(2)  Subclause (1) (c), (d) and (e) do not apply to a water supply work constructed on any of the following land:
(a)  land declared to be critical habitat under Part 3 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 or Division 3 of Part 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994, or
(b)  land that is a heritage conservation area within the meaning of an environmental planning instrument that applies to the land under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979,
(c)  land that is an Aboriginal place within the meaning of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974,
(d)  land that is reserved for any purpose under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974,
(e)  land the subject of a conservation agreement in force under section 69B of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974,
(f)  land the subject of a property agreement in force under section 40 of the Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997,
(g)  land within a State forest within the meaning of the Forestry Act 1916,
(j)  waterfront land.
(3)  A person is exempt from section 343 (1) (a1) of the Act in relation to the use of:
(a)  any excluded work, or
(b)  a dam or water bore used solely for the purpose of exercising domestic and stock rights in relation to a water source to which Part 3 of Chapter 3 of the Act does not apply, or
(c)  any water supply work used solely for the purpose of prospecting or fossicking for minerals or petroleum under the Mining Act 1992 or the Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991, or
(d)  any water pipe used solely for conveying water from one place to another, or
(e)  any water reticulation work that is situated on land the subject of a water use approval, or
(f)  any water storage work, water reticulation work or water impounding work that was in use before 1 July 2004 in relation to water taken pursuant to an entitlement or pursuant to (the previously repealed) section 7 (7) of the former 1912 Act, or
(g)  any hydro-electric power station that is operated in connection with a water supply work owned by the Ministerial Corporation.
(4)  A person who is engaged in an aquifer interference activity in connection with the mining or extraction of any material is exempt from the operation of section 343 (1) of the Act in relation to the construction or use of a water management work for the purpose of taking and using water from an aquifer if the water is taken and used in accordance with an aquifer interference approval with respect to that activity.
(5)  In this clause, water reticulation work means a work (such as a water pipe or irrigation channel) that is constructed or used for the purpose of conveying water to the point at which it is to be used (including a reticulated system of such works and all associated pipes, sluices, valves and equipment), but does not include:
(a)  any work that receives water from a water supply work under the control or management of the Sydney Water Corporation, the Hunter Water Corporation or a local water utility, or
(b)  any work that is also a flood work.
40   Exemption from operation of section 106
Section 106 does not apply to:
(a)  a water management work approval for a work used by a person referred to in clause 21 (a), (b), (c) or (d) solely for taking water for a purpose for which the person is exempt by clause 21 from the requirement for an access licence, or
(b)  a water use approval for the use of water for such a purpose.
Part 5 Fees and charges
41   Fees and charges
(1)  A charging authority may waive or reduce any fee or charge imposed under the Act.
(2)  In this clause, charging authority, in relation to a fee or charge, means the person or body (other than the Minister) that imposes the fee or charge.
Part 6 Irrigation corporations
Division 1 Inclusion of land within irrigation corporation’s area of operations
42   Applications to include land within area of operations: section 128
(1)  An application under section 128 of the Act must be in a form approved by the Director-General.
Note—
Section 128 (2) of the Act requires an application to identify the land to be included in an irrigation corporation’s area of operations.
(2)  An application under section 128 of the Act with respect to land that is more than 15 per cent of the irrigation corporation’s existing area of operations must be advertised by the Director-General by means of a notice published:
(a)  in a local newspaper, and
(b)  on the Department’s internet website.
(3)  The notice must contain the following information:
(a)  the name of the applicants,
(b)  the name of the irrigation corporation within whose area of operations the application seeks to include land,
(c)  the purpose of the application (that is, to seek the inclusion of the land to which the application relates within the irrigation corporation’s area of operations),
(d)  the area of the land to which the application relates,
(e)  the general location of the land (by lot and deposited plan number or by such other description as formally identifies the land),
(f)  the address to which, and the time by which, objections to the application should be made for the purposes of section 129 of the Act.
43   Objections to inclusion of land within area of operations: section 129
For the purposes of section 129 of the Act, an objection to the inclusion of land within an irrigation corporation’s area of operations:
(a)  must be in writing, and
(b)  must be signed or otherwise authenticated by the objector, and
(c)  must contain the name and address of the objector, and
(d)  must be lodged at, or sent by post to, the address specified in the notice, as referred to in clause 42 (3) (f), within 28 days after the notice was first published, and
(e)  must specify the grounds of the objection.
Division 2 Exclusion of land from irrigation corporation’s area of operations
44   Applications to exclude land from area of operations: section 132
(1)  An application under section 132 of the Act must be in a form approved by the Director-General.
Note—
Section 132 (2) of the Act requires an application to identify the land to be excluded from an irrigation corporation’s area of operations.
(2)  An application under section 132 of the Act with respect to land that is more than 15 per cent of the irrigation corporation’s existing area of operations must be advertised by the Director-General by means of a notice published:
(a)  in a local newspaper, and
(b)  on the Department’s internet website.
(3)  The notice must contain the following information:
(a)  the name of the applicants,
(b)  the name of the irrigation corporation from whose area of operations the application seeks to exclude land,
(c)  the purpose of the application (that is, to seek the exclusion of the land to which the application relates from the irrigation corporation’s area of operations),
(d)  the area of the land to which the application relates,
(e)  the general location of the land (by lot and deposited plan number or by such other description as formally identifies the land),
(f)  the address to which, and the time by which, objections to the application should be made for the purposes of section 133 of the Act.
45   Objections to exclusion of land from area of operations: section 133
For the purposes of section 133 of the Act, an objection to the exclusion of land from an irrigation corporation’s area of operations:
(a)  must be in writing, and
(b)  must be signed or otherwise authenticated by the objector, and
(c)  must contain the name and address of the objector, and
(d)  must be lodged at, or sent by post to, the address specified in the notice, as referred to in clause 44 (3) (f), within 28 days after the notice was first published, and
(e)  must specify the grounds of the objection.
Schedule 1 Excluded works
(Clause 3)
(1)   
Dams solely for the control or prevention of soil erosion, provided no water is reticulated or pumped from such dams and the size of the structure is the minimum necessary to fulfil the erosion control function, and provided such dams are located on a minor stream referred to in section 53 (3) (b) of the Act. However, if such a dam is fenced off for erosion control purposes water may be reticulated to a stock drinking trough in an adjoining paddock without prejudicing the exempt status.
(2)   
Dams solely for flood detention and mitigation, provided no water is reticulated or pumped from such dams and provided such dams are located on a minor stream referred to in section 53 (3) (b) of the Act.
(3)   
Dams solely for the capture, containment and recirculation of drainage and/or effluent, consistent with best management practice or required by a public authority to prevent the contamination of a water source, provided such dams are located on a minor stream referred to in section 53 (3) (b) of the Act.
(4)   
Dams approved in writing by the Director-General for specific environmental management purposes, provided such dams are located on a minor stream referred to in section 53 (3) (b) of the Act.
(5)   
Rainwater tanks collecting water from roofs only.
(6)   
Works impounding water which exceed the harvestable rights referred to in an order under section 54 of the Act and:
(a)  were constructed before 1 January 1999, and
(b)  are used only for domestic consumption and stock watering or do not result in the extraction of water, and
(c)  are located on a minor stream referred to in section 53 (3) (b) of the Act, and
(d)  from which water is being used only on the landholding on which the dam is located.
(7)   
Dams or excavations located on a river or lake constructed under section 7 of the Water Act 1912 prior to 1 January 2001, provided such dams are used only for stock, domestic or stock and domestic purposes, or for purposes which do not require extraction of water.
(8)   
Works in the Western Division which are located on lakes shown in the legend of the 1:100 000 topographic maps issued by the Land Information Centre (formerly the Central Mapping Authority) applying at 1 January 1999 to that Division as “Lake Mainly Dry”.
(9)   
Works in the Western Division constructed prior to 1 January 1999 impounding water on the areas of land shown in the legend of the maps referred to in paragraph (8) as land subject to flooding or inundation, or lakes shown as “perennial” or “intermittent”, where the water is used only for stock, domestic or stock and domestic purposes, or for purposes which do not require extraction of water.
Schedule 2 Minister’s plans to be amended
(Clause 7)
Water Sharing Plan for the Adelong Creek Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Alstonville Plateau Groundwater Sources 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Apsley River Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Castlereagh River above Binnaway Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Commissioners Waters Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Coopers Creek Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Dorrigo Plateau Surface Water Source and Dorrigo Basalt Groundwater Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Gwydir Regulated River Water Source 2002
Water Sharing Plan for the Hunter Regulated River Water Source 2004
Water Sharing Plan for the Jilliby Jilliby Creek Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Kangaroo River Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Karuah River Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Kulnura Mangrove Mountain Groundwater Sources 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Lachlan Regulated River Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Macquarie and Cudgegong Regulated Rivers Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Mandagery Creek Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Murray and Lower Darling Regulated Rivers Water Sources 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Murrumbidgee Regulated River Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Ourimbah Creek Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Phillips Creek, Mooki River, Quirindi Creek and Warrah Creek Water Sources 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Rocky Creek, Cobbadah, Upper Horton and Lower Horton Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Stuarts Point Groundwater Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Tarcutta Creek Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Tenterfield Creek Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Tomago Tomaree Stockton Groundwater Sources 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Toorumbee Creek Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Upper Billabong Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Upper Brunswick River Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Upper Namoi and Lower Namoi Regulated River Water Sources 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Wandella Creek Water Source 2003
Water Sharing Plan for the Wybong Creek Water Source 2003
Schedule 3 Categories and subcategories of licences
(Clause 8 (2))
Column 1
Column 2
Category of access licence
Subcategory of access licence
Regulated river (high security)
Aboriginal commercial
 
Aboriginal cultural
 
Community and education
 
Research
 
Town water supply
Regulated river (general security)
Aboriginal commercial
 
Community and education
 
Research
Local water utility
Domestic and commercial
Major utility
Power generation
 
Urban water
Domestic and stock
Domestic
 
Stock
 
Town water supply
Unregulated river
Aboriginal commercial
 
Aboriginal cultural
 
Community and education
 
Research
 
Town water supply
Aquifer
Aboriginal commercial
 
Aboriginal cultural
 
Community and education
 
Research
 
Town water supply
Schedule 4 Supplementary access licence share components
(Clauses 27 and 28)
Part 1 Murrumbidgee
Column 1
Column 2
Water Act entitlement
Share component volume—(megalitres)
40SA810H
1129
40SA967H
297
40SL21181H
795
40SL23730H
639.5
40SL29503H
639.5
40SL39533H
1510
40SL29207H
194
40SL34982H
649
40SL51045H
1672
40SA896H
3000
40GL000155
1322.5
40SA000596
37
40SA000696
672
40SA000758
957.5
40SA001470
46
40SA001484
852
40SA001485
280
40SA001957
706
40SA005502
286.5
40SA005508
1269.5
40SA005513
1269
40SA005532
196.5
40SA005534
102
40SA005538
280.5
40SA005539
113.5
40SA005568
196
40SA005571
11068.3
40SA005573
401.5
40SA005574
1202
40SA005576
9417.5
40SA005578
288
40SA005579
425.5
40SA005582
137.5
40SA005584
394
40SA005585
4003
40SA005589
1061
40SA005591
782.5
40SA005592
29.5
40SA005596
223.5
40SA005597
4419
40SA005601
89
40SA005603
6085
40SA005607
25
40SA005611
294
40SA005612
772.5
40SA005613
666
40SA005614
266.5
40SL005828
9.5
40SL008741
6
40SL013884
1.5
40SL016414
4
40SL017240
273.5
40SL018212
29.5
40SL019393
222.5
40SL020950
18
40SL021194
455
40SL023371
2
40SL023975
241
40SL024640
669.5
40SL025119
15
40SL025127
1
40SL027230
98.5
40SL027599
0.5
40SL027913
172.5
40SL028291
134
40SL028614
129.5
40SL029139
112.5
40SL029644
10.5
40SL029645
1.5
40SL029651
11.5
40SL029760
2
40SL029770
390
40SL030675
552
40SL031386
74
40SL031413
46.5
40SL034503
18.5
40SL035302
41
40SL036156
17
40SL036279
131
40SL036544
219
40SL038517
218
40SL038604
147.5
40SL038658
883.5
40SL038671
25
40SL040949
6
40SL040956
110.5
40SL041130
177.5
40SL041131
144.5
40SL041211
7.5
40SL042651
171
40SL043121
117.5
40SL043282
25.5
40SL043514
48
40SL044081
7.5
40SL044367
233
40SL044408
87.5
40SL045526
75.5
40SL046557
255.5
40SL046908
21
40SL047033
175.5
40SL047233
174
40SL047725
390
40SL048171
1.5
40SL048187
144.5
40SL048758
310
40SL048762
206
40SL049209
7.5
40SL049885
467
40SL050336
14.5
40SL050856
137
40SL051000
224
40SL051001
16
40SL051228
1152
40SL051371
102
40SL051460
5.5
40SL051844
10.5
40SL052075
14.5
40SL070000
186.5
40SL070004
68
40SL070046
180.5
40SL070053
167
40SL070054
16.5
40SL070081
2886
40SL070120
737
40SL070140
354.5
40SL070160
603
40SL070169
272
40SL070175
595
40SL070183
2491.5
40SL070186
93.5
40SL070204
7.5
40SL070219
29
40SL070882
10
40SL070273
1076
40SL070286
2.5
40SL070299
140
40SL070301
5
40SL070302
28
40SL070462
39.5
40SL070471
167.5
40SL070490
3
40SL070496
379
40SL070503
159.5
40SL070513
100
40SL070531
114
40SL070559
8.5
40SL070560
15.5
40SL070562
3
40SL070575
157
40SL070578
20.5
40SL070601
363.5
40SL070649
1049
40SL070670
2350
40SL070721
6143
40SL070728
108.5
40SL070730
7
40SL070733
116
40SL070748
106.5
40SL070749
41
40SL070780
257.5
40SL070784
847.5
40SL070796
37.5
40SL070797
0.5
40SL070810
2017
40SL070820
32
40SL070848
129
40SL070850
8
40SL070856
27
40SL070881
410
40SL070884
3
40SL070922
756
57SA001252
597.5
57SA001607
46.5
57SA007505
3220
57SA007508
96
57SA007509
17.5
57SA007511
1867
57SL039492
623
57SL040554
114
57SL040570
670
57SL040740
423.5
57SL041608
427
57SL041789
571
57SL042307
55.5
57SL042308
257
57SL042504
154
57SL044052
683.5
57SL045023
248.5
57SL046494
304.5
57SL047016
739
57SL047393
570.5
57SL047534
352.5
57SL048139
653.5
57SL049227
43
57SL049284
130
57SL049297
345
57SL049339
696.5
57SL050777
175.5
57SL051127
349
57SL051247
937.5
57SL080000
134
57SL080002
130
57SL080003
411
57SL080007
266
57SL080008
31
57SL080009
266.5
57SL080011
435.5
57SL080014
49
57SL080016
287.5
57SL080018
252
57SL080020
552.5
57SL080021
512
57SL080025
26
57SL080029
360.5
57SL080033
720
57SL080034
1450
40IC000004
25,995.5
40IC000005
25,649
Part 2 Murray
Column 1
Column 2
Water Act entitlement
Share component volume—(megalitres)
50GL0000218
5060
50GL000217
521
50IC0000002
221704
50IT0000006
705
50IT0000007
722
50SA000475
33
50SA001328
223
50SA001407
313
50SA001462
66
50SA001516
6
50SA001616
71
50SA001881
976
50SA001882
383
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