Water Sharing Plan for the Coffs Harbour Area Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2022 (2022-356) (NSW)

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New South Wales

Water Sharing Plan for the Coffs Harbour

Area Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources under the

Water Management Act 2000

I, the Minister for Lands and Water, make the following plan under the Water Management Act 2000, section 50.

KEVIN ANDERSON, MP Minister for Lands and Water

Published LW 1 July 2022 (2022 No 356)

Water Sharing Plan for the Coffs Harbour Area Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2022 [NSW] Contents

Contents Page Part 1 Introduction 1 Name of this Plan 5 2 Commencement 5 3. Water sources to which Plan applies 5 4 Management zones to which Plan applies 6 5 Extraction management units established by Plan—the Act, s 20(2)(a) 6 6 Interpretation 6 7 Maps 7 Part 2 Vision, objectives, strategies and performance indicators 8 Vision statement—the Act, s 35(1)(a) 8 9 Objectives of Plan—the Act, s 35(1)(b) 8 10 Strategies for reaching objectives—the Act, s 35(1)(c) 8 11. Performance indicators—the Act, s 35(1)(d) 9 Part 3 Requirements for water Division 1 Requirements for water to satisfy basic landholder rights—the Act, s 20(1)(b) 12 Domestic and stock rights 10 13 Native title rights 10 14 —_Harvestable rights 10 Division 2 Requirements for water under access licences 15 Share components of access licences in the water sources—the Act, s 20(1)(c) 11 Part 4 Limits to the availability of water Division 1 Available water determinations—the Act, s 20(2)(b) 16 Available water determinations 13 Division 2 Extraction limits—the Act, s 20(1)(e) Subdivision 1 Preliminary 17. Operation of Division—the Act, s 8 13 18 Definitions 13 Subdivision 2 Standard LTAAELs 19 Establishment of standard LTAAELs 14 20 Calculation of annual standard extraction 15 21 Assessment of compliance with standard LTAAELs 15 22 Compliance with standard LTAAELs 15 Subdivision 3 Annual higher flow extraction limits 23 Establishment of annual higher flow extraction limit 15 24 Calculation of annual higher flow extraction 15 25 Assessment of compliance with annual higher flow extraction limits 16