{"id":"F2022L01234","name":"Water (Accredited Water Resource Plan— NSW Border Rivers Alluvium) Instrument 2022","slug":"water-accredited-water-resource-plan-nsw-border-rivers-alluvium-instrument-2022","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441532,"registerId":"F2022L01234-fast-fetch-1775956802223","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Water (Accredited Water Resource Plan— NSW Border Rivers Alluvium) Instrument 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\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— NSW Border Rivers Alluvium) Instrument 2022\n\nI, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, make the following instrument.\n\nDated 19 September 2022   \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— NSW Border Rivers Alluvium) Instrument 2022.\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 NSW Border Rivers Alluvium water resource plan area specified in subsection (2) is accredited.\n\n(2)    The plan is the document titled NSW Border Rivers 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 2022 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 narrow, technical function it was designed for: accrediting a specific water resource plan under section 63 of the Water Act 2007. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of giving Commonwealth approval to state water plans."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 sections spanning 2 pages","Minimal defined terms: only 1 definition ('Act'), with other terms incorporated by reference to the parent Act","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Single operative provision (section 5) with straightforward accreditation function","Heavy reliance on external documents: the actual substantive content lives in the NSW plan document and the Water Act 2007, not in this instrument itself","No cross-references beyond basic statutory hooks (section 63 of the Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"The instrument formally accredits the NSW Border Rivers Alluvium Water Resource Plan as it stood on 19 September 2022, excluding non-official draft/explanatory material. \n\nThat accreditation lets NSW implement legally recognised groundwater management and extraction limits for the Border Rivers alluvium, affecting local farmers, irrigators, communities, the NSW government and the Murray‑Darling Basin Authority, by confirming the plan meets Commonwealth/Basin Plan requirements."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not amend or expand the content of the water resource plan; it formally accredits the proposed NSW Border Rivers Alluvium Water Resource Plan as in force on the instrument date, excluding material expressly identified as not part of the plan (see s5(1)-(2)). Accreditation is conditional on compliance with the Act and Basin Plan requirements (Note 2) and may cease under sections 54 and 64 of the Act (Note 3)."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-reference to enabling power: made under section 63 of the Water Act 2007 (see s3).","Relies on an external, separately maintained document — the NSW Border Rivers Alluvium Water Resource Plan — as accredited (see s5(2) and Note 1).","Key terms and legal effect depend on definitions in the Water Act 2007 (see s4 referencing Act s4).","Accreditation is tied to compliance requirements elsewhere: table item 11 of subsection 22(1) of the Act and Chapter 10 of the Basin Plan are invoked for accreditation criteria (Note 2).","Accreditation termination and temporal limits are governed by other Act provisions (sections 54 and 64 referenced in Note 3), creating dependency on external repeal/suspension rules.","Instrument is short and declaratory; substantive implementation and obligations sit in the accredited plan itself (s5(2)), increasing reliance on that plan's detail."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made under section 63 of the Water Act 2007, accredits the NSW Border Rivers Alluvium Water Resource Plan as in force on the day the instrument was made (excluding material identified as not forming part of the plan). It applies to the NSW Border Rivers Alluvium water resource plan area and parties governed by that plan; accreditation is grounded in the Act and Basin Plan requirements and may cease under sections 54 and 64 of the Act."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-nsw-border-rivers-alluvium-instrument-2022","history":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-nsw-border-rivers-alluvium-instrument-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-nsw-border-rivers-alluvium-instrument-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-nsw-border-rivers-alluvium-instrument-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-nsw-border-rivers-alluvium-instrument-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/water-accredited-water-resource-plan-nsw-border-rivers-alluvium-instrument-2022/documents"}}