Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00139:schedule:1:p112
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00139
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 112/128)
Character Range: 379592–382552

river valley or for any State are greater than the cumulative annual diversion targets calculated under this Schedule, as the case requires, record the difference as a debit.

       (10) The Authority must include a report on the operation of this Schedule in any report made to the Ministerial Council under clause 85 of the Agreement.

    14. Appointment of Independent Audit Group

       (1) The Authority must appoint an Independent Audit Group for the purposes of this Schedule.

       (2) A person who was appointed to the Independent Audit Group under the former Schedule is taken to have been appointed by the Authority for the purposes of this clause, on the conditions and for the term specified in the appointment under the former Schedule.

    15. Annual audit by the Independent Audit Group

       (1) The Independent Audit Group must, until 31 December 2009, annually audit the performance of each State Contracting Government in implementing the long‑term diversion cap in each water year which concludes on or between 1 June 1999 and 1 November 2009.

       (2) The Authority may direct the Independent Audit Group to audit the performance of any State Contracting Government in implementing the long‑term diversion cap in any water year concluding after 1 November 2009.

       (3) The Independent Audit Group must report to the Authority on any audit conducted under this clause.

    16. Power to require a special audit of a designated river valley

If, after receiving a report from a State Contracting Government under sub‑clause 13(2) for any year, the Authority calculates that either:

(a) the diversion for water supply to Metropolitan Adelaide and associated country areas over the last five years has exceeded 650 GL; or

(b) the diversion in the Warrego, Paroo, Moonie or Nebine designated river valley has exceeded the annual diversion target for that valley, determined under paragraph 12(1)(b); or

(c) the cumulative debit recorded in the Cap Register exceeds 20 % of the average annual diversion determined under paragraph 11(4)(e) for a particular designated river valley within that State,

the Authority must direct the Independent Audit Group to conduct a special audit of the performance of that State Contracting Government in implementing the long‑term diversion cap in the relevant designated river valley.

    17. Special audit by Independent Audit Group

       (1) In conducting a special audit under clause 16, the Independent Audit Group must consider:

(a) data on diversions and annual diversion targets recorded on the Cap Register; and

(b) data submitted by the relevant State Contracting Government, including, for example, data about areas under irrigation, storage capacities, crop production, irrigation technology and the conjunctive use of groundwater in the designated river valley; and

(c) the impact that policies implemented by the State Contracting Government may have