Water Sharing Plan for the North Western Unregulated and Fractured Rock Water Sources 2011 (2011-490) (NSW)

2011 No 490

New South Wales

Water Sharing Plan for the North Western Unregulated and Fractured Rock Water Sources 2011

under the

Water Management Act 2000

|, the Minister for Primary Industries, in pursuance of section 50 of the Water Management Act 2000, do, by this Order, make the following Minister's Plan for the North Western Unregulated and Fractured Rock Water Sources.

Dated this 29" day of August, 2011.

KATRINA HODGKINSON, MP Minister for Primary Industries

Explanatory note

Section 50 (1) of the Water Management Act 2000 provides that the Minister may, by order published on the NSW legislation website, make a Minister's plan:

(a) for any part of the State that is not within a water management area, or

(b) for any water management area or water source, or part of a water management area or water source, for which a management plan is not in force, or

(c) for any water management area or water source, or part of a water management area or water source, for which a management plan is in force, but only so as to deal with matters not dealt with by the management plan.

The purpose of this Order is to make the Water Sharing Plan for the North Western Unregulated and Fractured Rock Water Sources 2011.

Published LW 16 September 2011

2011 No 490

Water Sharing Plan for the North Western Unregulated and Fractured Rock Water Sources 2011

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