{"id":"F2019L01466","name":"Water Act (South Australian River Murray Water Resource Plan) Accreditation Decision 2019","slug":"water-act-south-australian-river-murray-water-resource-plan-accreditation-decision-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440294,"registerId":"F2019L01466-fast-fetch-1775955976389","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Water Act (South Australian River Murray Water Resource Plan) Accreditation Decision 2019","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 (South Australian River Murray Water Resource Plan) Accreditation Decision 2019\n\nI, David Littleproud, Minister for Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management, make the following accreditation decision.\n\nDated  13th November                  2019  \n\nDavid Littleproud\n\nMinister for Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Accreditation of South Australian River Murray Water Resource Plan\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Water Act (South Australian River Murray Water Resource Plan) Accreditation Decision 2019.\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 South Australian River Murray Water Resource Plan\n\n  The South Australian River Murray Water Resource Plan that is set out, or identified, in accordance with section 10.04 of the Basin Plan, in the document titled South Australian River Murray Water Resource Plan that was given to the Authority by South Australia under subsection 63(1) of the Act on 15 August 2019, is accredited.\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 function intended by section 63 of the Water Act 2007 — accrediting state water resource plans. It has not expanded beyond this narrow administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 5 operative sections spanning less than 2 pages","Minimal defined terms — only one definition ('Act'), with others incorporated by reference to the parent Water Act 2007","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single substantive provision (section 5) performing one function: accreditation by reference to an external document","No cross-references beyond basic statutory interpretation references (section 4 of the Act, section 10.04 of the Basin Plan)"],"plain_english_summary":"The federal Water Minister has accredited South Australia’s River Murray Water Resource Plan, formally allowing SA to manage extraction, environmental flows and water trading in its Murray-Darling Basin reach. This affects South Australian water users, the Murray‑Darling Basin Authority and the SA government, and matters because federal accreditation under the Water Act 2007 is required to legally implement those management rules."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument simply accredits the South Australian River Murray Water Resource Plan as submitted to the Authority on 15 August 2019 under subsection 63(1) of the Water Act 2007. It does not amend the plan's content or expand the instrument's own scope beyond conferring accreditation and specifying commencement."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose, short instrument that performs one legal action (accreditation).","Relies on external instruments and definitions (Water Act 2007; Basin Plan s10.04) rather than creating new substantive rules.","Minimal text and few operative clauses (name, commencement, authority, definitions, accreditation clause).","Low administrative discretion within the instrument itself — decision already expressed by Ministerial signature.","Clear commencement provision (day after registration) reduces temporal ambiguity."],"plain_english_summary":"This decision accredits the **South Australian River Murray Water Resource Plan** under section 63 of the Water Act 2007, formally recognising the plan given to the Basin Authority on 15 August 2019. It affects the South Australian government, the Basin Authority and the people and businesses governed by that plan because accreditation gives the plan legal effect under the Act and fixes which rules apply. The instrument commences the day after registration and is made by the Minister for Water Resources."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/water-act-south-australian-river-murray-water-resource-plan-accreditation-decision-2019","history":"/api/acts/water-act-south-australian-river-murray-water-resource-plan-accreditation-decision-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/water-act-south-australian-river-murray-water-resource-plan-accreditation-decision-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/water-act-south-australian-river-murray-water-resource-plan-accreditation-decision-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/water-act-south-australian-river-murray-water-resource-plan-accreditation-decision-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/water-act-south-australian-river-murray-water-resource-plan-accreditation-decision-2019/documents"}}