Division 1Division 1 Water allocation account management rules
The rules in this Division apply to the taking of water under an access licence with a share component that specifies one of these water sources.Notes.1 The Act provides for the keeping of water allocation accounts.
56 Individual access licence account management rules for these water sources, excluding the Bega and Brogo Regulated Rivers Water Source
Note. The rules in this clause impose a restriction on the volume of water that may be taken under an access licence over a specified period of time. This restriction is in addition to any other limits on access licences for the taking of water contained in this Plan. For further clarification, these rules do not authorise the taking of more water than is credited to the respective water allocation account for the access licence at the time water is taken. It is an offence under the Act to take more water than is credited to the water allocation account for an access licence.(1) This clause applies to all access licences with share components which specify one of these water sources, excluding the Bega and Brogo Regulated Rivers Water Source.(2) For the period of the first three water years in which this Plan has effect, the maximum volume of water that may be taken under a domestic and stock access licence, a local water utility access licence, an unregulated river access licence, an unregulated river (high flow) access licence or an aquifer access licence, must not exceed a volume equal to:(a) 50% of the water allocations accrued to the water allocation account for the access licence from available water determinations in the first water year, plus(b) the sum of water allocations accrued to the water allocation account for the access licence from available water determinations in the second and third water years, plus(c) the net amount of any water allocations assigned to or from the water allocation account for the access licence under section 71T of the Act, in those water years, plus(d) any water allocations re-credited to the water allocation account for the access licence in accordance with section 76 of the Act, in those water years.(3) For the period of any three consecutive water years after the first water year in which this Plan has effect, the maximum volume of water that may be taken under a domestic and stock access licence, a local water utility access licence, an unregulated river access licence, an unregulated river (high flow) access licence or an aquifer access licence, must not exceed a volume equal to the lesser of:(a) the sum of:(i) water allocations accrued to the water allocation account for the access licence from available water determinations in those water years,(ii) the water allocations carried over from the water year prior to those three water years under subclause (4),(iii) the net amount of any water allocations assigned to or from the water allocation account for the access licence under section 71T of the Act, in those water years, and(iv) any water allocations re-credited to the water allocation account for the access licence in accordance with section 76 of the Act, in those water years, or(b) the sum of:(i) the share component of the access licence at the beginning of the first of those three water years,(ii) the share component of the access licence at the beginning of the second of those three water years,(iii) the share component of the access licence at the beginning of the third of those three water years,(iv) the net amount of any water allocations assigned to or from the water allocation account for the access licence under section 71T of the Act, in those water years, and(v) any water allocations re-credited to the water allocation account for the access licence in accordance with section 76 of the Act, in those water years.(4) The maximum water allocation that can be carried over in the water allocation account for a domestic and stock access licence, a local water utility access licence, an unregulated river access licence, an unregulated river (high flow) access licence or an aquifer access licence, from one water year to the next is equal to:(a) 100% of the access licence share component, for access licences with share components expressed as ML/year, or(b) 1 ML per unit share of access licence share component, for access licences with share components expressed as a number of unit shares.
57 Individual access licence account management rules for the Bega and Brogo Regulated Rivers Water Source
(1) This clause applies to all access licences with share components which specify the Bega and Brogo Regulated Rivers Water Source.(2) In any water year, the maximum volume of water that may be taken under an access licence must not exceed a volume equal to:(a) the sum of water allocations accrued under the access licence from available water determinations in that water year, plus(b) the water allocations carried over from the water year prior to that water year under subclause (4), plus(c) the amount of water that may be taken under clause 61, plus(d) any water allocations assigned from another access licence under section 71T of the Act, in that water year, plus(e) any water allocations re-credited in accordance with section 76 of the Act, in that water year, minus(f) any water allocations assigned to another access licence under section 71T of the Act, in that water year.(3) Except as provided for under subclause (4), water allocations remaining in water allocation account of an access licence cannot be carried over from one water year to the next.(4) Water allocations remaining in the water allocation accounts of regulated river (high security) access licences in the Bega and Brogo Regulated Rivers Water Source may be carried over from one water year to the next, provided that:(a) the available water determination to be made at the commencement of the following water year for regulated river (high security) access licences will be less than 0.8 ML per unit share, and(b) the volume carried over does not exceed an amount equivalent to 0.1 ML per unit share of access licence share component.