Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557:schedule:1:p56
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 56/154)
Character Range: 780779–783541

the use of water by New South Wales from the Menindee Lakes Storage:
(a) releases under paragraph (1)(a) will be attributed equally to the allocations of water to New South Wales and Victoria;
(b) releases under paragraph (1)(b) and (1)(c) will be attributed to the allocation of water to New South Wales;
(c) releases under paragraph (1)(d) and (1)(e) will be attributed to the respective allocations of New South Wales and Victoria in such proportions as tend most to equalize the water in Lake Victoria allocated to each State, provided that such proportions do not ‑
              (i) cause the water allocated either to New South Wales or to Victoria to fall below 240,000 megalitres;
              (ii) cause water to be re‑allocated between the States under clause 116.

    121. Reallocation of Water in Menindee Lakes Storage
At the conclusion of any period during which New South Wales is using water pursuant to sub‑clause 95(1), the quantities of water stored in the Menindee Lakes Storage and allocated respectively to New South Wales and Victoria must be adjusted so that the difference between those quantities is the same as the difference in the allocated quantities at the beginning of that period.

    122. Accounting for Dilution Flows
       (1) Whenever the Authority directs under clause 98 that the flow of water is to exceed the water order at a particular point, unless the Ministerial Council determines otherwise, the proportion of the water order attributed respectively to New South Wales and Victoria must be increased by such amounts as tend most to equalise the respective allocations to New South Wales and Victoria of the total flow at that point.
       (2) For the purpose of this clause the "water order" is the flow of water at a particular point which is necessary:
(a) to meet diversions by New South Wales and Victoria, losses and dilution flows downstream of that point;
(b) to meet South Australia's entitlement; and
(c) to supply storages downstream of that point.
SUBDIVISION E—PERIODS OF SPECIAL ACCOUNTING

    123. Declaration of Periods of Special Accounting
       (1) Unless the Authority is satisfied that the reserve allocated to either New South Wales or Victoria at the end of the following May will be greater than 1,250,000 megalitres, the Authority must declare a period of special accounting between that State and South Australia.
       (2) A period of special accounting:
(a) may be declared at any time after the end of July in any year and before the end of May in the following year;
(b) unless the Ministerial Council decides otherwise, will be deemed to have commenced on 1 August in that year, whenever it is in fact declared.
       (3) In calculating a reserve referred to in subclause (1),