(1) This regulation is made under paragraph 239Q(1)(c) and subsection 239W(1) of the Act.
(2) This regulation applies if:
(a) before the commencement of Part 10A of the Act, the former Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council made a determination by resolution under paragraph (e) of the definition of operation and maintenance costs in clause 65 of the former MDB Agreement that a special action is such a cost; and
(b) the resolution is in effect immediately before the commencement of Part 10A of the Act.
(3) For subparagraph 239Q(1)(c)(i) of the Act, paragraph (e) of the definition of operation and maintenance costs in clause 71 of the Agreement is specified as the provision corresponding to paragraph (e) of the definition of operation and maintenance costs in clause 65 of the former MDB Agreement.
(4) For subparagraph 239Q(1)(c)(ii) of the Act, in relation to paragraph (e) of the definition of operation and maintenance costs in clause 71 of the Agreement, the Authority is specified as the corresponding body to the former Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council.
(5) For subsection 239W(1) of the Act, after commencement of Part 10A of the Act, the resolution continues to have effect as if a reference to the former Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council were a reference to the Authority.