Water Sharing Plan for the Paterson Regulated River Water Source 2019 (2019-313) (NSW)

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Water Sharing Plan for the Paterson Regulated River Water Source 2019

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Water Management Act 2000

|, Melinda Pavey MP, Minister for Water, Property and Housing, in pursuance of section 50 of the Water Management Act 2000, do, by this Order, make the following Minister's Plan for the Paterson Regulated River Water Source.

Dated this 28th day of June 2019.

Melinda Pavey Minister for Water, Property and Housing

Explanatory note This Order is made under section 50 of the Water Management Act 2000.

The object of this Order is to make the Water Sharing Plan for the Paterson Regulated River Water Source 2019. The concurrence of the Minister for Energy and Environment was obtained prior to the making of this Plan.

Published LW 1 July 2019 (2019 No 313)

Water Sharing Plan for the Paterson Regulated River Water Source 2019

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