{"id":"F2023L01090","name":"Water (Accredited Water Resource Plan—Murray Alluvium) Instrument 2023","slug":"water-accredited-water-resource-plan-murray-alluvium-instrument-2023","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442038,"registerId":"F2023L01090-fast-fetch-1775957162364","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Water (Accredited Water Resource Plan—Murray Alluvium) 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—Murray Alluvium) Instrument 2023\n\nI, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, make the following instrument.\n\nDated 15 August 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—Murray Alluvium) 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 Murray Alluvium water resource plan area specified in subsection (2) is accredited.\n\n(2)    The plan is the document titled Murray Alluvium 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":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the content or scope of the underlying water resource plan; it confers accreditation and legal effect on the plan as in force on the instrument date (s5(2)). Accreditation may later cease in accordance with the Act (see s5 note 3 referencing ss54 and 64)."},"complexity_factors":["Short, procedural instrument with no new operational rules — primary action is accreditation (s5(1)–(2)).","Relies on cross‑references to the Water Act 2007 for legal authority and lifecycle (s3; notes referencing ss54 and 64).","Depends on an external, separately published plan document 'as in force' and excludes identified material, creating reliance on versioning and external publication (s5(2)).","References to technical requirements in the Basin Plan and table item 11 of subsection 22(1) mean substantive obligations sit outside the instrument (s5 note 2).","Timing and commencement are simple but precise: instrument commences day after registration (s2).","Decision and discretion are concentrated in the Minister's accreditation power under s63 as exercised by this instrument (s3; s5(1))."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument formally accredits the Murray Alluvium Water Resource Plan under section 63 of the Water Act 2007, giving that plan legal effect as the water‑management framework for the Murray Alluvium area. It starts the day after registration and adopts the plan as in force on the instrument date, excluding any material expressly removed. Accreditation ties management rules and compliance obligations for water use in that area to the accredited plan and to the Basin Plan requirements referenced in the instrument (see s5 note 2)."},"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: accrediting a water resource plan for a specific water resource plan area. It has not expanded beyond its original statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short: only 5 sections spanning 2 pages","Minimal defined terms: only 1 definition ('Act'), with others incorporated by reference to the parent Act","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Single operative provision (section 5) with straightforward accreditation mechanism","Heavy reliance on external documents (the Murray Alluvium Water Resource Plan itself, the Water Act 2007, and the Basin Plan) — but this is standard for this type of legislative instrument","No cross-references within the instrument itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument formally accredits the Murray Alluvium Water Resource Plan, giving that separate plan legal force under the Water Act 2007 for parts of NSW and Victoria. It binds groundwater users and obliges state agencies and the Murray‑Darling Basin Authority to enforce and oversee sustainable extraction.\n\nThat accreditation makes the plan legally effective (it points to the external plan document), helping prevent over‑extraction and protect rivers, wetlands and other water users as part of the Basin framework."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-murray-alluvium-instrument-2023","history":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-murray-alluvium-instrument-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-murray-alluvium-instrument-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-murray-alluvium-instrument-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-murray-alluvium-instrument-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-murray-alluvium-instrument-2023/documents"}}