Amendments to the Tatiara Water Allocation Plan

This amendment was proposed by the South East Natural Resources Management Board and accepted by the Minister. This amendment fixed an error in the Plan. The changes did not change the operation of the policy.

Principle 112 on page 51 of the Tatiara Water Allocation Plan was amended to refer to the appropriate principle.

Prior to amendment principle 112 read:

Where a water allocation from the unconfined aquifer is transferred:

• any delivery supplement associated with a tradeable component shall be forfeited to the Minister, and only re-issued as a temporary allocation to the transferee if the Minister is satisfied that the tradeable component will continue to be used for the purposes of flood irrigation;
• in case of a temporary transfer, any delivery supplement associated with a tradeable component forfeited to the Minister, and re-issued as a temporary allocation to the transferee according to principle 112(b) shall be forfeited by the transferee at the end of the temporary transfer and re-issued to the transferor. no specialised production requirements or seasonal carry-over will be transferred, unless:
  1. the licence or allocation is transferred in its entirety; and
  2. the Minister is satisfied that the water is to be taken and used on the same allotment(s) for the same purpose.

Principle 112 now reads:

Where a water allocation from the unconfined aquifer is transferred:

• any delivery supplement associated with a tradeable component shall be forfeited to the Minister, and only re-issued as a temporary allocation to the transferee if the Minister is satisfied that the tradeable component will continue to be used for the purposes of flood irrigation;
• in case of a temporary transfer, any delivery supplement associated with a tradeable component forfeited to the Minister, and re-issued as a temporary allocation to the transferee according to principle 112(a) shall be forfeited by the transferee at the end of the temporary transfer and re-issued to the transferor.
• no specialised production requirements or seasonal carry-over will be transferred, unless:
  1. the licence or allocation is transferred in its entirety; and
  2. the Minister is satisfied that the water is to be taken and used on the same allotment(s) for the same purpose

This amendment was proposed by the South East Natural Resources Management Board and accepted by the Minister. This amendment modified rules for the transfer of water allocations in management areas where reductions had occurred.

The rule provides for licensees, in areas that have been subject to reductions, to transfer water from within the same management area to their license in order to use it on their property. This transfer does not require a hydrological assessment. The volume transferred cannot exceed a volume equal to 75% of the reduction undergone by the licensee’s allocation to date.

Principle 118 on page 53 of the Tatiara Water Allocation Plan amended the rules for the transfer of water allocations in management areas where reductions had occurred.

Prior to amendment principle 118 read:

The Minister will not consider any application under principle 115 made after 30 June 2013.

Principle 118 was deleted and now reads:

DELETED - by s89(2) amendment dated 1 December 2015.

This amendment was proposed by the South East Natural Resources Management Board and accepted by the Minister. This amendment was to address an unfair, inappropriate or unsustainable assumption or position contained or reflected in the Plan, or a matter that is, based on a mistake of fact. The amendment also changed the Target Management Levels rom 7,280 ML/Yr to 8,036 ML/Yr in the Tatiara Management Area.

Page 25 of the Tatiara Water Allocation Plan read:

• in the Tatiara management area (where resource condition triggers had not been exceeded as at December 2006) and having regard to the total allocation as at the date of amendment of this Plan, the fact that resource condition triggers are not being exceeded, and the restrictions to renewal of expiring allocations imposed by the Border Groundwaters Agreement – the level of volumetric allocation (excluding delivery supplements) as at the date of amendment of this Plan (3 July 2012) plus stock and domestic water requirements.

Page 25 of the Tatiara Water Allocation Plan now reads:

• in the Tatiara management area (where resource condition triggers had not been exceeded as at December 2006) the average between the indicative level of allocation (with the exception of water assumed to return to the resource) following volumetric conversion and TAR.

Page 26, Table 4.5 of the Tatiara Water Allocation Plan read:

TML (ML/year) for Tatiara 7,280

Page 26, Table 4.5 of the Tatiara Water Allocation Plan now reads:

8,036

Page 81, Table 4, Column G of the Tatiara Water Allocation Plan read:

TML(e) (ML/year) in the Designated Area for Tatiara 7,280

Page 81, Table 4, Column G of the Tatiara Water Allocation Plan now reads:

8,036

Page 81, Table 4, Footnote 5 of the Tatiara Water Allocation Plan read:

The TML in the Shaugh management area is a level that is considered to be appropriate having regard to the TAR and to the nature of the resource in the Shaugh management area plus stock and domestic water requirements. The TML in the Tatiara management area is set at a level of existing volumetric allocations (with the exclusion of delivery supplements) as at the date of adoption of amendments to this Plan (3 July 2012) plus stock and domestic requirements. . The TML in the Zone 8A management area is the indicative level of allocation immediately following volumetric conversion of allocations plus stock and domestic requirements, which is considered to be within sustainable limits.

Page 81, Table 4, Footnote 5 of the Tatiara Water Allocation Plan now reads:

The TML in the Shaugh management area is a level that is considered to be appropriate having regard to the TAR and to the nature of the resource in the Shaugh management area plus stock and domestic water requirements. The TML in the Tatiara management area is set at the average between the indicative level of allocation (with the exception of water assumed to return to the resource) following volumetric conversion and TAR (total available recharge). The TML in the Zone 8A management area is the indicative level of allocation immediately following volumetric conversion of allocations plus stock and domestic requirements, which is considered to be within sustainable limits.

This amendment was proposed by the South East Natural Resources Management Board and accepted by the Minister. This amendment incorporated advice on the limits to allocations in the management areas of Tatiara, Zone 8A and Shaugh, located in the designated area (commonly known as the border zone).