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for any reason to attend a meeting of the Ministerial Council; or
(c) otherwise unable to perform the duties of a member of the Ministerial Council,
        that Contracting Government may appoint another Minister to act in the place of that member, and while so acting that other Minister shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of that member.
       (3) A member of the Ministerial Council ceases to be a member if:
(a) the member ceases to be a Minister; or
(b) another Minister of the Contracting Government is appointed in substitution for the member.
       (4) Anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act under an appointment under this clause is not invalid merely because there was a defect or irregularity in connection with the appointment.

    9. Functions of the Ministerial Council
The functions of the Ministerial Council are:
(a) to consider and determine outcomes and objectives on major policy issues of common interest to the Contracting Governments in relation to the management of the water and other natural resources of the Murray‑Darling Basin, including in relation to its role in the provision of critical human water needs, but otherwise only in so far as those issues are not provided for in the Basin Plan;
(b) to make determinations about the matters specified in this Agreement;
(c) to approve the annual corporate plan, the annual work plan, and the asset management plan, prepared by the Authority for the purposes of this Agreement;
(ca)              to approve any amendments to the annual corporate plan or the annual work plan in accordance with clause 35;
(d) to agree upon amendments to this Agreement including amendments to, or removal or addition of, Schedules to this Agreement as the Ministerial Council considers desirable from time to time;
(da) to approve a statement of intent setting out collaborative arrangements under which the Ministerial Council will operate; and
(e) to exercise such other functions as may be conferred on the Council by or under this Agreement or the Water Act.

    10. Ministerial Council May Direct Committee
The Ministerial Council may give directions to the Committee concerning the performance of the Committee's functions and powers and the Committee shall comply with those directions.

    11. Conferral of functions by Ministerial Council
       (1) The Ministerial Council may confer any of its functions and powers on the Committee or the Authority.
       (2) The conferral of a function or power under this clause:
(a) may be subject to such conditions or limitations as the Ministerial Council may specify; and
(b) may be varied or revoked by the Ministerial Council (whether or not constituted by the persons constituting the Ministerial Council at the time when the power