{"id":"F2024L00504","name":"Water (Accredited Water Resource Plan—NSW Border Rivers) Instrument 2024","slug":"water-accredited-water-resource-plan-nsw-border-rivers-instrument-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442383,"registerId":"F2024L00504-fast-fetch-1775957398341","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) 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—NSW Border Rivers) Instrument 2024\n\nI, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, make the following instrument.\n\nDated 29 April 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—NSW Border Rivers) 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 NSW Border Rivers water resource plan area specified in subsection (2) is accredited.\n\n(2)    The plan is the document titled NSW Border Rivers 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 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":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly the narrow, technical function it was designed for: accrediting a specific state water resource plan under section 63 of the Water Act 2007. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original statutory purpose."},"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 operative provision (section 5) with straightforward accreditation mechanism","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Heavy reliance on external documents (the NSW plan itself and the Water Act 2007) rather than detailed internal content","Simple structure: name, commencement, authority, definitions, and one substantive accreditation clause"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument gives Commonwealth accreditation to the NSW Border Rivers Surface Water Resource Plan (the version dated 29 April 2024, excluding draft/explanatory material not part of the plan). It formally recognises the plan under the Water Act 2007, affecting water users in the Border Rivers, the NSW government and the Murray‑Darling Basin Authority, and enabling legal water allocation, trading and management consistent with the Basin Plan."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not expand or alter the plan's substantive content; it simply accredits the existing NSW Border Rivers Surface Water Resource Plan as in force on the instrument date (see s5(1)–(2)). Accreditation is a formal legal recognition under s63 of the Water Act 2007 and may cease under ss54 and 64 of the Act."},"complexity_factors":["Short, single-purpose instrument (accreditation only) with five clauses","Relies on cross‑references to the Water Act 2007 (s63, ss54 and 64) for legal effect and termination","Depends on an external document (NSW Border Rivers Surface Water Resource Plan) not reproduced here — interpretation requires consulting that plan","Use of phrase 'as in force' and exclusion of material 'not forming part of the plan' creates limited interpretive complexity about the exact text accredited","Minimal procedural detail (no amendments, no transitional or enforcement provisions) reduces internal complexity but shifts legal work to the referenced Act and plan"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument formally accredits the NSW Border Rivers Surface Water Resource Plan under the Water Act 2007, making that plan the authorised surface‑water plan for the Border Rivers area from the day after registration. It adopts the plan \"as in force\" on the instrument date, excluding any material identified as not part of the plan. The Minister (under s63) decides accreditation; accreditation makes the plan's rules operative for water users and creates compliance obligations, and it can cease under sections 54 and 64 of the Act."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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