Water (Accredited Water Resource Plan—NSW Murray and Lower Darling) Instrument 2024
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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia
Water (Accredited Water Resource Plan—NSW Murray and Lower Darling) Instrument 2024
I, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, make the following instrument.
Dated 15 May 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—NSW Murray and Lower Darling) 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 NSW Murray and Lower Darling water resource plan area specified in subsection (2) is accredited.
(2) The plan is the document titled NSW Murray and Lower Darling 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.