Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01133:schedule:2:p15
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Provision Reference: sch 2 (pt 15/15)
Character Range: 46496–49496

Annual Release.

    PART VII: ANALYTICAL MODELS

       27.                Developing Analytical Models

          (1)                The Commission 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 Commission 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 27(1) of this Schedule is:

             (a)                the best available to the Commission; and

             (b)                accurate.

    PART VIII:  OTHER PROVISIONS

       28.                Inter‑Valley Water Transfers

          (1)                To facilitate water transfers, the Commission 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 28(1) of this Schedule, any inter‑valley transfer referred to in sub‑clause 28(1) must be converted into an allocation to New South Wales of water in Hume Reservoir.

EXECUTED as an agreement

SIGNED by the Honourable JOHN W HOWARD MP, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, in the presence of—    [Signature omitted]
[Signature omitted]

SIGNED by the Honourable ROBERT J CARR MP, Premier of the State of New South Wales, in the presence of—            [Signature omitted]
[Signature omitted]

SIGNED by the Honourable STEPHEN P BRACKS MP, Premier of the State of Victoria, in the presence of—                [Signature omitted]
[Signature omitted]

SIGNED by the Honourable MICHAEL D RANN MP, Premier of the State of South Australia, in the presence of—           [Signature omitted]
[Signature omitted]

[Minister's second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 19 September 2002
Senate on 16 June 2003]

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