{"id":"F2024L00230","name":"Water (Accredited Water Resource Plan—Murrumbidgee) Instrument 2024","slug":"water-accredited-water-resource-plan-murrumbidgee-instrument-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442296,"registerId":"F2024L00230-fast-fetch-1775957344388","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Water (Accredited Water Resource Plan—Murrumbidgee) Instrument 2024","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—Murrumbidgee) Instrument 2024\n\nI, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, make the following instrument.\n\nDated 22 February 2024   \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—Murrumbidgee) Instrument 2024.\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 Murrumbidgee water resource plan area specified in subsection (2) is accredited.\n\n(2)    The plan is the document titled Murrumbidgee Surface 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 2024 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 with2 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 narrow, technical function it was designed for: accrediting a specific water resource plan under section 63 of the Water Act 2007. It does not expand beyond this single purpose. The scope remains tightly constrained to formal approval of the Murrumbidgee plan, with explicit references back to the enabling legislation and the Basin Plan requirements."},"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","Single operational provision (section 5) with straightforward accreditation mechanism","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Heavy reliance on external documents — the actual substantive content lives in the separate 'Murrumbidgee Surface Water Resource Plan' and the Water Act 2007, not in this instrument itself","Simple linear structure: Name → Commencement → Authority → Definitions → Accreditation"],"plain_english_summary":"The Commonwealth formally accredits the Murrumbidgee Surface Water Resource Plan under the Water Act 2007, giving the plan legal force and requiring its implementation by relevant authorities.\n\nThis affects Murrumbidgee farmers and irrigators, NSW/state water agencies, environmental water managers, and river-dependent communities by locking in national standards for sustainable water use, environmental flows and water sharing (approved version dated 22 February 2024)."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the substantive scope or content of the Murrumbidgee Surface Water Resource Plan; it formally accredits the plan as in force on the day the instrument is made (cl.5(2)). The instrument’s effect is procedural—to record accreditation under s63 of the Water Act—while recognising accreditation can later cease under sections 54 and 64 of the Act."},"complexity_factors":["Simple, single-purpose instrument that only records accreditation of a named plan (cl.5)","Relies on external substantive document (the Murrumbidgee Surface Water Resource Plan) rather than containing regulatory detail (cl.5(2))","Cross-references multiple provisions of the Water Act 2007 (s63 authority; ss54 and 64 for cessation) and Basin Plan requirements (table item 11 of s22(1) and Chapter 10)","Commencement timing is straightforward (commences day after registration, cl.2)","Notes and exclusions (plan as in force on the day, excluding material identified as not forming part) introduce a minor interpretive dependency on the external plan’s form and attachments"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made by the Minister for the Environment and Water under section 63 of the Water Act 2007, accredits the “Murrumbidgee Surface Water Resource Plan” as the accredited water resource plan for the Murrumbidgee water resource plan area and takes effect the day after registration. It gives that plan formal accreditation as meeting Basin Plan requirements; the instrument does not change the plan’s content, does not set costs or enforcement mechanics, and notes accreditation may cease under sections 54 and 64 of the Act."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-murrumbidgee-instrument-2024","history":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-murrumbidgee-instrument-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-murrumbidgee-instrument-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-murrumbidgee-instrument-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-murrumbidgee-instrument-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-murrumbidgee-instrument-2024/documents"}}