Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00760:reg:2:p20
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00760
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2 (pt 20/32)
Character Range: 278143–280926

the water resource plan area that will be done to enable the Basin State to fulfil its reporting obligations under section 13.14.
(2) Nothing in this section limits the capacity of the Basin State to conduct other monitoring of the water resources of a water resource plan area.

        Part 11—Reviews of water resource plans

10.47 Review of water resource plans
A water resource plan must require that if a review of the plan (or a part of the plan) is undertaken, the report of the review must be given to the Authority within 30 days after the report is completed.

10.47A  Additional requirements for Western Porous Rock, Gunnedah‑Oxley Basin MDB, Sydney Basin MDB and Goulburn‑Murray: Sedimentary Plain SDL resource units
  If a review of the relevant water resource plan in relation to any of the Western Porous Rock, Gunnedah‑Oxley Basin MDB, Sydney Basin MDB or Goulburn‑Murray: Sedimentary Plain SDL resource units is undertaken, the review must assess:
            (a) the effectiveness of the implementation of the rules of the water resource plan; and
            (b) the extent to which the rules achieve the objectives mentioned in sections 10.21 and 10.35C.

10.48 Amendment of water resource plan
A water resource plan must require a Basin State that proposes an amendment to the plan arising from a review to give the reasons for the amendment to the Authority.
Note: See also section 65 of the Act.

        Part 12—Information used to prepare water resource plan

10.49 Best available information
(1) A water resource plan must be based on the best available information.
(2) The water resource plan must identify and describe the significant sources of information on which the water resource plan is based.

10.50 Methods used to develop water resource plan
A water resource plan must identify any significant method, model or tool that has been used to develop the water resource plan.

        Part 13—Extreme events

10.51 Measures in response to extreme events
(1) A water resource plan must describe how the water resources of the water resource plan area will be managed during the following types of events:
            (a) an extreme dry period;
            (b) a water quality event of an intensity, magnitude and duration that is sufficient to render water acutely toxic or unusable for established local uses and values;
            (c) any type of event that has resulted in the suspension of a statutory regional water plan in the past 50 years (including a transitional water resource plan or interim water resource plan).
(2) If an event of a type listed in subsection (1) would compromise a Basin State's ability to meet critical human water needs in the water resource plan area, the water resource plan must set out measures to meet critical