1 For water allocations in a high class A priority group—(a) the monthly supplemented water sharing index be at least 95%; and(b) the extent to which the monthly supplemented water sharing index is less than 100% be minimised.
2 For water allocations in a high class B priority group—(a) the monthly supplemented water sharing index be at least 95%; and(b) the extent to which the monthly supplemented water sharing index is less than 97% be minimised.
3 For water allocations in a medium priority group—(a) the monthly supplemented water sharing index be at least 85%; and(b) the extent to which the monthly supplemented water sharing index is less than 90% be minimised.
4 For water allocations in a risk priority group, the monthly supplemented water sharing index may be 0%.
5 For a water allocation group mentioned in table 1, column 1, the 30%, 50% and 70% unsupplemented water sharing indices be at least the percentage stated for the water allocation group in columns 2 to 4.
Table 1 Column 1
Water allocation groupColumn 2
30%Column 3
50%Column 4
70%Class 2A 110 96 82 Class 3A 110 96 82 Class 4A 110 96 82 Class 5A 106 98 92 Class 6A 106 98 92 Class 7A 118 101 73 Class 1B 109 108 84 Class 4B 99 98 96 Class 5B 99 98 96 Class 6B 99 98 96 Class 7B 131 99 76 Class 8B 110 109 106
6 For a water allocation to take groundwater in a groundwater sub-area mentioned in table 2, column 1, the annual volume probability be at least the percentage stated opposite the sub-area in column 2, and the extent to which it is less than the percentage stated opposite the sub-area in column 3 be minimised.
Table 2 Column 1
Groundwater sub-areaColumn 2
Annual volume probability
Minimum %Column 3
Annual volume probability
Maximum %4 55 60 5 51 56 6 65 70 7 47 52 8 50 55 9 33 38 10 46 51 11 48 53 12 41 46 13 49 54 14 28 33 15 44 49 16 90 95