Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a water quality trigger point or salinity trigger point referred to in paragraph 86B(1)(c) is reached, the Authority must:
(a) in consultation with the Basin Officials Committee, formulate an emergency response to ensure that water in the River Murray System that is available to meet critical human water needs is returned to a state suitable for meeting critical human water needs; and
(b) subject to subsection (2), take the action necessary to implement the emergency response.
(2) The Authority must not take any action under paragraph (1)(b) that affects State water sharing arrangements or Border Rivers water sharing arrangements unless the Murray - Darling Basin Ministerial Council has agreed to the action.
(3) Border Rivers water sharing arrangements are the agreements ratified by:
(a) the New South Wales - Queensland Border Rivers Act 1947 of New South Wales; and
(b) the New South Wales - Queensland Border Rivers Act 1946 of Queensland;
that deal with the distribution and use of surface water.