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2016
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Water Legislation Amendment
(Sustainable Diversion Limit
Adjustment) Bill 2016
No. , 2016
(Agriculture and Water Resources)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Basin Plan 2012 in
relation to the notification of supply and efficiency
measures for the adjustment of the long-term
average sustainable diversion limits, and for related
purposes
No. , 2016
Water Legislation Amendment (Sustainable Diversion Limit
Adjustment) Bill 2016
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 2
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Basin Plan 2012
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No. , 2016
Water Legislation Amendment (Sustainable Diversion Limit
Adjustment) Bill 2016
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Basin Plan 2012 in
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relation to the notification of supply and efficiency
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measures for the adjustment of the long-term
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average sustainable diversion limits, and for related
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purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the Water Legislation Amendment (Sustainable
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Diversion Limit Adjustment) Act 2016.
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Water Legislation Amendment (Sustainable Diversion Limit
Adjustment) Bill 2016
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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(1) Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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(2) The amendment of the Basin Plan 2012 under subsection (1) does
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not prevent the Murray-Darling Basin Authority from preparing an
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amendment of the Basin Plan 2012, as so amended, under
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section 23B or 45 of the Water Act 2007.
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Amendments Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Basin Plan 2012
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1 Chapter 7 (note to Chapter heading)
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Omit:
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Under Part 2, the Authority can propose adjustments to surface water SDLs if certain
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additional changes in infrastructure and other measures are planned by 30 June 2016
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and will come into operation by 30 June 2024.
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substitute:
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Under Part 2, the Authority can propose adjustments to surface water SDLs to take
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account of certain additional changes in infrastructure and other measures that will
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come into operation by 30 June 2024.
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2 Section 7.02 (definition of notified measure)
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After "7.12(1)", insert "or (1A)".
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3 Section 7.10 (heading)
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Repeal the heading, substitute:
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7.10 Initial adjustments to be proposed in 2017
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4 Subsection 7.10(1)
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Omit ", it must, as soon as practicable after 30 June 2016", substitute
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"or (1A), it must, as soon as practicable after 30 June 2017 and no later
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than 15 December 2017".
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5 Before subsection 7.12(1)
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Insert:
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First notification of supply measures or efficiency measures
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6 Subsection 7.12(1)
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Omit "(notified measures)".
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7 After subsection 7.12(1)
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Insert:
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Schedule 1 Amendments
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Water Legislation Amendment (Sustainable Diversion Limit
Adjustment) Bill 2016
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Second notification of supply measures or efficiency measures
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(1A) The Basin Officials Committee may, after 30 June 2016 but on or
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before 30 June 2017, notify the Authority of 1 or more supply
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measures or efficiency measures that, in the view of the
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Committee, should be taken into account in proposing adjustments
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under section 7.10 or 7.11.
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Notification of additional efficiency measures
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8 Subsection 7.12(2)
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Omit "additional" (first occurring).
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9 Subsection 7.12(2)
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Omit "2016", substitute "2017".
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10 Subsection 7.12(2)
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Omit "additional" (second occurring).
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11 Subsection 7.12(2)
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Omit "(additional efficiency measures)".
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12 Before subsection 7.12(3)
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Insert:
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Requirements for all notifications
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13 Before subsection 7.12(5)
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Insert:
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Amendment of notifications
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14 Subsection 7.15(1) (note)
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Omit "30 June 2016", substitute "the time the measures are notified
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under section 7.12".
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15 Subsection 7.16(1) (heading)
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Repeal the heading, substitute:
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Amendments Schedule 1
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Efficiency contribution for 2017 determination
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16 Section 7.20 (heading)
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Repeal the heading, substitute:
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7.20 Final determination of amounts in 2017
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17 Subsection 7.20(2)
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Omit "2016", substitute "2017".
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