Section 12 - Protection of the Environment Operations (Hunter River Salinity Trading Scheme) Regulation 2002 - Classification of block—upper sector

12Classification of block—upper sector

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12 Classification of block—upper sector

(1) Low flow block A block is to be classified as a low flow block in relation to the upper sector if it is predicted that:

(a) the rate of flow of the block in the upper sector will be in the low flow range for the upper sector, or

(b) the rate of flow of the block in either the middle sector or the lower sector (or both) will be in the low flow range for that sector (or for both those sectors).

(2) High flow block A block is to be classified as a high flow block in relation to the upper sector if it is predicted that:

(a) the rate of flow of the block in the upper sector will be in the high flow range for the upper sector and the rate of flow of the block in the middle sector and lower sector will be in the high flow or flood flow range for those sectors, but will not be in the low flow range in either of those sectors, or

(b) the rate of flow of the block in the upper sector will be in the flood flow range for the upper sector, and the rate of flow of the block in either the middle sector or the lower sector (or both) will be in the high flow range for those sectors, but will not be in the low flow range for either of those sectors.

(3) Flood flow block A block is to be classified as a flood flow block in relation to the upper sector if it is predicted that:

(a) the rate of flow of the block in the upper sector will be in the flood flow range for the sector, and

(b) the rate of flow of the block in both the middle sector and the lower sector will be in the flood flow range for those sectors.

cl 12: Am 2016 (775), Sch 1 [9]–[11].