{"id":"F2020L00700","name":"Water Act (Goulburn-Murray Water Resource Plan) Accreditation Decision 2020","slug":"water-act-goulburn-murray-water-resource-plan-accreditation-decision-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440501,"registerId":"F2020L00700-fast-fetch-1775956107947","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Water Act (Goulburn-Murray Water Resource Plan) Accreditation Decision 2020","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 Act (Goulburn-Murray Water Resource Plan) Accreditation Decision 2020\n\nI, Keith Pitt, Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia, make the following accreditation decision.\n\nDated 10 of June  2020  \n\nKeith Pitt\n\nMinister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Accreditation of Goulburn-Murray Water Resource Plan\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Water Act (Goulburn-Murray Water Resource Plan) Accreditation Decision 2020.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences the day after registration.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under section 63 of the Act.\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  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Water Act 2007.\n\n5  Accreditation of Goulburn-Murray Water Resource Plan\n\n  The Goulburn-Murray Water Resource Plan that is set out, or identified, in accordance with section 10.04 of the Basin Plan, in the document titled Victoria’s North and Murray Water Resource Plan that the Authority received from Victoria under subsection 63(1) of the Act on 26 November 2019, is accredited.\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow function it was designed for: ministerial accreditation of a state water resource plan under section 63 of the Water Act 2007. It does not expand beyond this specific statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document — only 5 operative sections spanning 2 pages","Minimal defined terms — only 1 definition ('Act'), with 2 terms cross-referenced to parent legislation","Single substantive provision (section 5) performing one function: accreditation by reference to an external document","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Operates entirely by reference to existing statutory framework (Water Act 2007 and Basin Plan) rather than creating new substantive rules"],"plain_english_summary":"The federal Water Minister (Keith Pitt) has accredited Victoria’s water management plan for the Goulburn–Murray region, formally finding it meets the Water Act 2007 and Murray–Darling Basin Plan requirements.  \n\nThat accreditation lets Victoria’s allocation rules take effect, affecting farmers and other water users, state water authorities and environmental managers by fixing how water is divided between irrigation use and environmental flows."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the content or scope of the plan; it formally accredits the plan as received (instrument s5). It does not itself amend the plan or create additional substantive obligations beyond recognising the identified document under the Water Act framework. Commencement and authority are procedural (instruments s2–s3)."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative decision: one substantive accreditation clause (instrument s5) making the outcome clear and narrow.","Statutory provenance: decision is made under section 63 of the Water Act 2007 (instrument s3), requiring familiarity with that provision to understand legal effect.","Dependence on external materials: accreditation applies to a document identified under Basin Plan section 10.04 and the Victoria’s North and Murray Water Resource Plan received 26 Nov 2019 (instrument s5).","Minimal internal definitions: the instrument relies on definitions in the Water Act (instrument s4), so readers must read the Act for full meaning.","Commencement rule: takes effect the day after registration (instrument s2), a simple but concrete timing mechanic."],"plain_english_summary":"Formally accredits the Goulburn–Murray Water Resource Plan that Victoria provided on 26 November 2019, under section 63 of the Water Act 2007. The instrument commences the day after registration and identifies Victoria’s North and Murray Water Resource Plan as the accredited document under the Basin Plan process. This fixes which document is recognised as the accredited water‑resource plan for the Goulburn–Murray area and therefore affects the Authority, the State of Victoria and local water stakeholders."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/water-act-goulburn-murray-water-resource-plan-accreditation-decision-2020","history":"/api/acts/water-act-goulburn-murray-water-resource-plan-accreditation-decision-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/water-act-goulburn-murray-water-resource-plan-accreditation-decision-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/water-act-goulburn-murray-water-resource-plan-accreditation-decision-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/water-act-goulburn-murray-water-resource-plan-accreditation-decision-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/water-act-goulburn-murray-water-resource-plan-accreditation-decision-2020/documents"}}