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239T Financial matters
(1) The following amounts (the transitional amounts) must be credited to the Murray‑Darling Basin Special Account:
(a) amounts that, immediately before the commencement of this Part, are in bank accounts referred to in subclause 79(1) of the former MDB Agreement;
(b) all other amounts in the Murray‑Darling Basin Commission’s possession, custody or control immediately before that commencement.
(a) under an arrangement (other than the former MDB Agreement), a State paid the Murray‑Darling Basin Commission an amount for the purposes of the performance of the Murray‑Darling Basin Commission’s functions; and
(b) all or part of that amount is a transitional amount;
then:
(c) for the purposes of spending the transitional amount, the functions of the Authority include those functions of the Murray‑Darling Basin Commission; and
(d) the Authority must spend the transitional amount in accordance with that arrangement and not otherwise.
(3) Sections 210 and 211 have effect subject to this section.