Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557:schedule:1:p135
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 135/154)
Character Range: 998052–1000997

while developing each Annual Water Operating Plan and any variation to each Plan.
       (2) The Commonwealth, New South Wales and Victoria must:
(a) ensure the direct participation by the Authority in each consultation referred to in sub‑clause 24(1) or held under any varied consultation arrangements; and
(b) consult with the Authority before varying existing consultation arrangements.

    25. Notifications Required
       (1) Each Contracting Government must, at the time specified by the Authority, notify the Authority of such water volumes and estimates as are reasonably requested by the Authority to enable it to make calculations referred to in this Schedule.
       (2) The Authority must, at any time specified by New South Wales, notify New South Wales of such water volumes and estimates calculated by the Authority by reference to the Baseline Conditions as are reasonably requested by New South Wales, to enable New South Wales to calculate the Required Annual Release.
PART VII—ANALYTICAL MODELS

    26. Developing Analytical Models
       (1) The Authority must develop an analytical model for determining, in the case of the River Murray System:
(a) storage volumes; and
(b) total diversions,
        that would have occurred under Baseline Conditions.
       (2) New South Wales must develop an analytical model for determining, in the case of the Murrumbidgee River System:
(a) storage volumes; and
(b) total diversions,
        that would have occurred under Baseline Conditions.
       (3) An analytical model developed under this clause:
(a) must be the best model available to the Authority or New South Wales, from time to time, for the purpose of calculating the timing and quantity of the Relaxation Volume under Baseline Conditions; and
(b) must be tested against relevant historical data to determine the accuracy of the model.
       (4) New South Wales may at its own cost engage an independent auditor to evaluate whether the model developed under sub‑clause 26(1) of this Schedule is:
(a) the best available to the Authority; and
(b) accurate.
PART VIII—OTHER PROVISIONS

    27. Inter‑Valley Water Transfers
       (1) To facilitate water transfers, the Authority may request New South Wales to release:
(a) Water Available to the Snowy‑Murray Development to each or both of the Tumut River catchment and the Murrumbidgee River catchment; or
(b) Water Available to the Snowy‑Tumut Development to the River Murray catchment upstream of Hume Dam.
       (2) If New South Wales agrees with the request made under sub‑clause 27(1) of this Schedule, any inter‑valley transfer referred to in sub‑clause 27(1) must be converted into an allocation to New South Wales of water in Hume Reservoir.

SCHEDULE G Accounting for south Australia's storage rights
PART 1 – PRELIMINARY

    1. Purposes of Schedule G
The purposes of this Schedule are, in accordance with clause 130 of the Agreement:
(a) to set out rules for