Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023A00111:clause:2_2:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023A00111
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 2 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 29737–32517

2  After section 6.08
Insert:

6.08A  Content of action plan
 (1) This section applies in relation to an action plan for the purposes of the following provisions:
 (a) subsection 71(1A) of the Act;
 (b) subsection 6.12(5);
 (c) subsection 6.12C(5).
 (2) The Inspector‑General may issue and publish guidelines under subsection 215V(1) in relation to the action plans, and the Basin States must have regard to the guidelines in preparing action plans.
Note: The Inspector‑General must consult the Basin States, and have regard to any submissions made by the Basin States, in preparing guidelines under section 215V: see section 215VB.

Amendment or replacement of action plan
 (3) An amendment or replacement of an action plan must explain the reasons for the amendment or replacement.

6.08B  Reporting on action plan under the Basin Plan
  After the end of a water accounting period, a Basin State must, at the same time as it provides the Authority with a report under section 71 in relation to the period, provide the Authority and the Inspector‑General with a report that includes details of progress during the period in taking the proposed set of actions specified in an action plan provided by the Basin State as required by subsection 6.12(5) or 6.12C(5).

6.08C  Content of report
 (1) This section applies in relation to a report on the progress of an action plan for the purposes of:
 (a) subsection 71(1B) of the Act; or
 (b) section 6.08B.
 (2) The Inspector‑General may issue and publish guidelines under subsection 215V(1) in relation to the reports, and the Basin States must have regard to the guidelines in preparing the reports.
Note: The Inspector‑General must consult the Basin States, and have regard to any submissions made by the Basin States, in preparing guidelines under section 215V: see section 215VB.

Division 1A—One‑off adjustment to cumulative balances for surface water SDL resource units

6.08D  Determining one‑off adjustment to cumulative balances from 1 July 2019
 (1) The Authority must make a one‑off adjustment, in accordance with this Division, to the cumulative balance for each surface water SDL resource unit, unless the register of take for the surface water SDL resource unit had already commenced as at 1 July 2019.

Register of take has already commenced
 (2) If the register of take for a surface water SDL resource unit for which the Authority must make a one‑off adjustment has already commenced as at the commencement of this section, the Authority must make a one‑off adjustment in relation to the surface water SDL resource unit as soon as practicable after the beginning of the first water accounting period after that commencement.

Register of take has not already commenced
 (3) If the register of take for a surface water