Water (Accredited Water Resource Plan—Macquarie-Castlereagh) Instrument 2024
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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia
Water (Accredited Water Resource Plan—Macquarie-Castlereagh) Instrument 2024
I, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, make the following instrument.
Dated 17 June 2024
Tanya Plibersek
Minister for the Environment and Water
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
5 Accredited water resource plan
1 Name
This instrument is the Water (Accredited Water Resource Plan—Macquarie-Castlereagh) Instrument 2024.
2 Commencement
This instrument commences the day after it is registered.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under section 63 of the Water Act 2007.
4 Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 4 of the Act, including the following:
(a) Authority;
(b) Basin Plan;
(c) water resource plan;
(d) water resource plan area.
In this instrument:
Act means the Water Act 2007.
5 Accredited water resource plan
(1) For the purposes of subparagraph 63(5)(b)(i) of the Act, the proposed water resource plan for the Macquarie-Castlereagh water resource plan area specified in subsection (2) is accredited.
(2) The plan is the document titled Macquarie-Castlereagh 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.
Note 1: The plan could in 2024 be accessed on the Authority website at www.mdba.gov.au.
Note 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.
Note 3: The accreditation of the plan ceases to have effect in accordance with the Act: see sections 54 and 64.