Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00126:reg:34
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00126
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 34
Character Range: 45498–47082

34  New irrigation—management action
 (1) For this determination, new irrigation, as part of sustainable intensification, means a management action that:
 (a) is carried out on a carbon estimation area that, immediately before the start of the action, was not under irrigation; and
 (b) involves obtaining water from either of the following:
 (i) irrigation efficiency savings made outside of the carbon estimation area on which the new irrigation is carried out;
 (ii) one of the following:
 (A) a water access entitlement obtained after the application under section 22 of the Act is made; or
 (B) an irrigation right obtained after the application under section 22 of the Act is made; and
 (c) involves applying at least 2 megalitres of that water per hectare per year to the carbon estimation area in which the action is carried out.
 (2) New irrigation in a particular carbon estimation area is taken to commence when the water that is added as part of new irrigation (additional water) is first applied to the carbon estimation area in accordance with this determination.
 (3) In this section, irrigation efficiency savings means improving the efficiency of one or both of the following:
 (a) on-farm irrigation infrastructure;
 (b) management practices.
 (4) If the additional water used to carry out the management action on a carbon estimation area comes from irrigation efficiency savings specified in subparagraph (1)(b)(i), the irrigation efficiency improvements must not be carried out using funding from any Commonwealth, State, Territory, or local government program.