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Water Act 2007 - Accreditation of amendment of transitional water resource plan - River Murray Prescribed Watercourse Water Allocation Plan

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The instrument records the Commonwealth Minister for Climate Change and Water formally accrediting state-made amendments (15 July 2009) to the River Murray Prescribed Watercourse Water Allocation Plan under subsection 65(5) of the Water Act 2007. It takes effect the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

It therefore gives federal recognition to those South Australian amendments; any practical impacts for water users depend on the substantive terms of the accredited amendments.

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Water Act 2007 - Accreditation of amendment of transitional water resource plan - River Murray Prescribed Watercourse Water Allocation Plan

Commonwealth of Australia Water Act 2007
Section 65 Accreditation of amendment of transitional water resource plan – River Murray Prescribed Watercourse Water Allocation Plan

I, PENELOPE YING YEN WONG, Minister for Climate Change and Water, under subsection 65(5) of the Water Act 2007, hereby accredit the amendments to the River Murray Prescribed Watercourse Water Allocation Plan that were made under s 89(2)(f) of the Natural Resources Management Act 2004 (SA) on 15 July 2009. The River Murray Prescribed Watercourse Water Allocation Plan is a transitional water resource plan under item 7 of the table in Schedule 4 to the Water Act 2007.
This accreditation will come into force on the day after this instrument is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Dated this 11th February 2010

Penelope Ying Yen Wong

PENELOPE YING YEN WONG  
Minister for Climate Change and Water

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1 Water Act 2007 - Accreditation of amendment of transitional water resource plan - River Murray Prescribed Watercourse Water Allocation Plan

Commonwealth of Australia Water Act 2007
Section 65 Accreditation of amendment of transitional water resource plan – River Murray Prescribed Watercourse Water Allocation Plan

I, PENELOPE YING YEN WONG, Minister for Climate Change and Water, under subsection 65(5) of the Water Act 2007, hereby accredit the amendments to the River Murray Prescribed Watercourse Water Allocation Plan that were made under s 89(2)(f) of the Natural Resources Management Act 2004 (SA) on 15 July 2009. The River Murray Prescribed Watercourse Water Allocation Plan is a transitional water resource plan under item 7 of the table in Schedule 4 to the Water Act 2007.
This accreditation will come into force on the day after this instrument is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Dated this 11th February 2010

Penelope Ying Yen Wong

PENELOPE YING YEN WONG  
Minister for Climate Change and Water