Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00760:reg:24:p17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00760
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 24 (pt 17/36)
Character Range: 353231–356232

information collected or used in, or generated by, monitoring and evaluation.

        Part 3—Evaluations, reviews and assessments

        Division 1—Evaluation of Basin Plan

13.05 Purpose of evaluation
(1) The Authority must evaluate the effectiveness of the Basin Plan against the objectives and outcomes set out in Chapters 5, 8 and 9, and by reference to the matters listed in Schedule 12, for the purposes of:
            (a) annual reports on the effectiveness of the Basin Plan, as required by section 52A of the Act; and
            (b) advising on the impacts of the Basin Plan before the end of 2020, as required by section 49A of the Act; and
            (c) 10 yearly reviews of the Basin Plan, as required by subsection 50(1) of the Act; and
            (d) any other reviews of the long‑term average sustainable diversion limits (for example, following a request under subsection 50(2) of the Act).
Note: The Authority must publish the findings and recommendations arising from an evaluation: see section 13.18.
(2) The matters in Schedule 12 relate to:
            (a) the Basin Plan as a whole, including its social and economic impacts; and
            (b) each of the following elements of the Basin Plan:
                (i) the environmental watering plan;
                (ii) water quality and salinity;
                (iii) the water trading rules;
                (iv) water resource planning.
Note: The matters in Schedule 12 represent, and are similar but not identical to, the objectives and outcomes set out in Chapters 5, 8 and 9.
(3) In making an evaluation, the Authority must have regard to:
            (a) relevant reports produced under Part 4; and
            (b) the key evaluation questions in section 13.06; and
            (c) any other relevant information it holds.

13.06 Key evaluation questions
The key questions that the Authority must ask when making an evaluation referred to in section 13.05 are the following:
            (a) to what extent has the intended purpose of the Basin Plan set out in section 20 of the Act been achieved?
            (b) to what extent have the objectives, targets and outcomes set out in the Basin Plan been achieved?
            (c) how has the Basin Plan contributed to changes to the environmental, social and economic conditions in the Murray‑Darling Basin?
            (d) what, if any, unanticipated outcomes have resulted from the implementation of the Basin Plan?
            (e) how could the effectiveness of the Basin Plan be improved?
            (f) to what extent were the actions required by the Basin Plan suited to meeting the objectives of the Basin Plan?
            (g) to what extent has the program for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the Basin Plan contributed to adaptive management and improving the available scientific knowledge of the Murray‑Darling Basin?

Division 2—Reviews of water quality targets, environmental watering plan and social and economic impacts

13.07 Purpose