Clause 5.2.14 of the Barossa Water Allocation Plan requires the Minister to assign fixed volumetric shares of a total water allocation to each resource on a licence, with the aggregate not exceeding the total allocation. The Minister cannot assign amounts that in aggregate exceed the total allocation so as to confer discretion on licensees to choose which resource to draw from. Water allocation plans made under the Natural Resources Management Act 2004 (SA) are statutory instruments to which ordinary principles of statutory construction apply.
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