Water Sharing Plan for the Lower North Coast Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2022 (2022-358) (NSW)

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New South Wales

Water Sharing Plan for the Lower North Coast Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2022

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 358)

Water Sharing Plan for the Lower North Coast Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2022 [NSW]

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