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Water Act 1989
48IRequirements as to instrument allocating entitlement
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48I Requirements as to instrument allocating entitlement
An instrument allocating an entitlement under this Division may specify in relation to the entitlement allocated all or any of the following—
(a) a means of quantifying the amount of water that the entitlement consists of;
The means of quantifying the amount of water that the entitlement consists of may be by volume or by reference to the level of flow at a specified point or by reference to a share of flow or storage or by any other means or combination of means, and if the amount of water is quantified by reference to a share of storage, then by reference, for example, to—
(i) the volumetric share of the system capacity of any system within the water system in which the entitlement is allocated;
(ii) the share of inflow to any storage within the water system in which the entitlement is allocated;
(iii) the volumetric share of releases from any storage within the water system in which the entitlement is allocated;
(iv) the seepage and evaporative loss adjustments to be debited from the entitlement;
(v) the share of inflow to be credited to the entitlement when the share of storage capacity of any storage within the area does not allow for a full share of inflow determined under subparagraph (ii) to be available—
and if the amount of water is quantified by reference to a share of flow, then by reference, for example, to the share of flow past a specified point.
(b) water accounting procedures for accounting for the water in the entitlement;
(c) any condition imposed on the allocation of the entitlement under section 48J;
(d) the class of reliability of the entitlement.
S. 48J inserted by No. 99/2005 s. 24.