Section 13 - Protection of the Environment Operations (Hunter River Salinity Trading Scheme) Regulation 2002 - Classification of block—middle sector

13Classification of block—middle sector

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13 Classification of block—middle sector

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

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

(b) the rate of flow of the block in the lower sector will be in the low flow range for the lower sector.

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

(a) the rate of flow of the block in the middle sector will be in the high flow range for the middle sector and the rate of flow of the block in the lower sector will be in the high flow or flood flow range for the lower sector, or

(b) the rate of flow of the block in the middle sector will be in the flood flow range for the middle sector, and the rate of flow of the block in the lower sector will be in the high flow range for the lower sector.

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

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

(b) the rate of flow of the block in the lower sector will be in the flood flow range for the lower sector.

cl 13: Am 2016 (775), Sch 1 [9] [10].