Water Plan (Barron) 2023
sec.41Nominal volume
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sec.41 Nominal volume
In deciding the nominal volume for the water allocation, the chief executive must have regard to— the local availability of water; and the conditions under which the water may be taken under the existing authorisation; and the simulated mean annual diversion. In this section— simulated mean annual diversion , for a water allocation, means the total volume of water simulated to have been taken under the water allocation, if the water allocation were in existence for the whole of the simulation period, divided by the number of years in the simulation period. (sec.41-ssec.1) In deciding the nominal volume for the water allocation, the chief executive must have regard to— the local availability of water; and the conditions under which the water may be taken under the existing authorisation; and the simulated mean annual diversion. (sec.41-ssec.2) In this section— simulated mean annual diversion , for a water allocation, means the total volume of water simulated to have been taken under the water allocation, if the water allocation were in existence for the whole of the simulation period, divided by the number of years in the simulation period.
- (a) the local availability of water; and
- (b) the conditions under which the water may be taken under the existing authorisation; and
- (c) the simulated mean annual diversion.