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research and investigations into the long‑term average sustainable diversion limits or any other aspects of the Basin Plan, for the purpose of informing any reviews of the Basin Plan or aspects of the Basin Plan including in relation to whether there should be changes to the long‑term average sustainable diversion limits.
(2) A review may be undertaken at the request of the Murray‑Darling Basin Ministerial Council.
Note: See also subsection 50(2) of the Act.
(3) A review must be undertaken having regard to the management of climate change risks and include an up‑to‑date assessment of those risks, and consider all relevant knowledge about the connectivity of surface and groundwater, the outcomes of environmental watering and the effectiveness of environmental works and measures.
(4) The Authority must publish on its website any reports produced as a result of research or investigations conducted under this section.
(5) Nothing in this section limits the powers of the Authority or the Murray‑Darling Basin Ministerial Council.
Note: For example, the Authority has other powers under the Act and the Basin Plan to conduct reviews, research and investigations: see sections 50 and 172 of the Act and Chapter 13 of the Basin Plan.

        Part 3—Temporary diversion provision

6.07 Temporary diversion provision
The temporary diversion provision for each SDL resource unit is zero.

        Part 4—Method for determining compliance with long‑term annual diversion limit

Division 1—Preliminary

6.08 Register of take
(1) The Authority must establish and maintain a register of take for each SDL resource unit in accordance with this Part.
(2) The purpose of the register of take is to assist with determining, for each water accounting period, whether there has been compliance with the long‑term annual diversion limit for an SDL resource unit and the extent of any failure to comply with that limit.
Note:  See section 4 of the Act for the meaning of long‑term annual diversion limit. Under the Basin Plan, the long‑term annual diversion limit is the same as the long‑term average sustainable diversion limit because the temporary diversion provision for each SDL resource unit is zero: see section 6.07.
(3) For each surface water SDL resource unit, the register of take must include:
            (a) a debit column to record the amounts referred to in subsections 6.11(1) and (3); and
            (b) a credit column to record the amounts referred to in subsections 6.11(2) and (3); and
            (c) a cumulative balance column to record the amounts referred to in subsection 6.11(4).
(3A) For each groundwater SDL resource unit, the register of take must include a record of amounts for determining compliance, as set out in Division 3.
(4) The register may also include any other matters the Authority considers relevant to determining whether there