{"id":"F2023L01638","name":"Water (Accredited Water Resource Plan—Great Artesian Basin Shallow) Instrument 2023","slug":"water-accredited-water-resource-plan-great-artesian-basin-shallow-instrument-2023","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442199,"registerId":"F2023L01638-fast-fetch-1775957267252","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Water (Accredited Water Resource Plan—Great Artesian Basin Shallow) Instrument 2023","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nWater (Accredited Water Resource Plan—Great Artesian Basin Shallow) Instrument 2023\n\nI, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, make the following instrument.\n\nDated  7 December 2023  \n\nTanya Plibersek\n\nMinister for the Environment and Water\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Accredited water resource plan\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Water (Accredited Water Resource Plan—Great Artesian Basin Shallow) Instrument 2023.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences the day after it is registered.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under section 63 of the Water Act 2007.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 4 of the Act, including the following:\n\n(a)      Authority;\n\n(b)      Basin Plan;\n\n(c)      water resource plan;\n\n(d)      water resource plan area.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Water Act 2007.\n\n5  Accredited water resource plan\n\n(1)    For the purposes of subparagraph 63(5)(b)(i) of the Act, the proposed water resource plan for the Great Artesian Basin Shallow water resource plan area specified in subsection (2) is accredited.\n\n(2)    The plan is the document titled Great Artesian Basin Shallow Water Resource Plan as in force on the day that this instrument is made, excluding any material identified as not forming part of the plan.\n\nNote 1: The plan could in 2023 be accessed on the Authority website at www.mdba.gov.au.\n\nNote 2: The plan meets the requirements that a water resource plan for a water resource plan area must comply with to be accredited: see table item 11 of subsection 22(1) of the Act and Chapter 10 of the Basin Plan.\n\nNote 3: The accreditation of the plan ceases to have effect in accordance with the Act: see sections 54 and 64.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by section 63 of the Water Act 2007: formally accrediting a water resource plan. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, specific purpose. The legislation remains tightly scoped to the single act of accreditation for a single water resource plan area."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 sections spanning 2 pages","Minimal defined terms: only 1 definition ('Act'), with 4 terms cross-referenced to the parent Act","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single operational provision (section 5) with straightforward accreditation mechanism","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act and Basin Plan","Purpose is purely declaratory — stating that accreditation has occurred rather than creating complex regulatory obligations"],"plain_english_summary":"The Minister has accredited the Great Artesian Basin Shallow Water Resource Plan (the version dated 7 December 2023, excluding marked non‑plan parts) as the federally approved framework for managing extraction from the basin’s shallow groundwater.\n\nThat accreditation makes the plan legally binding for farmers, landholders and other water users, requires state governments to implement it, and places oversight with the Murray‑Darling Basin Authority — aiming to prevent over‑extraction and protect this major water source."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not alter the substantive content of the underlying water resource plan; it declares that the Great Artesian Basin Shallow Water Resource Plan, as in force on the instrument date (with specified exclusions), is accredited (s5(1)–(2)). Accreditation gives legal effect but does not itself change the plan text. The instrument relies on statutory accreditation rules (Note 2) and acknowledges accreditation may cease under ss54 and 64 (Note 3)."},"complexity_factors":["Reliance on an external document (the Great Artesian Basin Shallow Water Resource Plan) as the operative text rather than reproducing its content (s5(2); Note 1).","Multiple cross‑references to the Water Act and Basin Plan for legal effect and compliance requirements (authority made under s63 of the Act (s3); accreditation applied for the purposes of subparagraph 63(5)(b)(i) (s5(1)); Note 2 cites table item 11 of subsection 22(1) of the Act and Chapter 10 of the Basin Plan).","Temporal / termination complexity because accreditation can cease in accordance with the Act (Note 3 refers to ss54 and 64).","Ambiguity about excluded material — the instrument accredits the plan 'excluding any material identified as not forming part of the plan', which requires reference to the plan to determine scope (s5(2)).","Decision‑making location and limited discretion: instrument is made by the Minister under statutory power (instrument header; s3 refers to s63 of the Act), so legal effect turns on ministerial action under the Act.","Procedural timing: commencement is automatic the day after registration (s2), which can have immediate practical effect once registered."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument formally accredits the Great Artesian Basin Shallow Water Resource Plan under the Water Act 2007, making that plan the accredited water resource plan for its defined area. It affects people and organisations operating in that plan area because accreditation gives the plan legal effect and triggers the statutory consequences that flow from an accredited water resource plan."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-great-artesian-basin-shallow-instrument-2023","history":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-great-artesian-basin-shallow-instrument-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-great-artesian-basin-shallow-instrument-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-great-artesian-basin-shallow-instrument-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-great-artesian-basin-shallow-instrument-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-great-artesian-basin-shallow-instrument-2023/documents"}}