Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00139:schedule:1:p43
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00139
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 43/128)
Character Range: 193369–196678

SUBDIVISION B ‑ STATE ENTITLEMENTS TO WATER

    88. South Australia's Monthly Entitlement

South Australia is entitled to receive:

(a) the following monthly quantities of River Murray water ‑

           July........................50 500 megalitres

           August......................66 000 megalitres

           September....................77 000 megalitres

           October.....................112 500 megalitres

           November...................122 000 megalitres

           December...................159 000 megalitres

           January.....................159 000 megalitres

           February....................136 000 megalitres

           March......................128 000 megalitres

           April.......................77 000 megalitres

           May........................35 000 megalitres

           June........................32 000 megalitres

           except as provided in clause 128; and

(b) 58,000 megalitres per month for dilution and losses, unless the Ministerial Council determines otherwise; and

(c) such additional quantities for dilution as the Ministerial Council determines from time to time.

    89. Measurement of South Australia's Entitlement

       (1) Each month South Australia is deemed to receive the sum of the water flowing in that month in:

(a) the River Murray between the confluences of the Rufus and Lindsay Rivers with the River Murray; and

(b) the Lindsay River near its confluence with the River Murray.

       (2) The Authority must determine the flows referred to in sub‑clause (1) in such manner as it sees fit.

    90. Variation of South Australia's Entitlements

The Authority may from time to time, at the request of the Committee member for South Australia, vary for a specified sequence of months any of the monthly quantities which that State is entitled to receive under clause 88 without increasing the total of those quantities for that sequence.

    91. South Australia's Storage Right

       (1) South Australia may store any part of its entitlement under clause 88 (as adjusted for interstate trade) for the purposes of meeting critical human water needs in the upper River Murray storage or storages of its choice, beyond the time at which that part of its entitlement would otherwise have been delivered under this Agreement, provided such storage does not affect water availability for New South Wales or Victoria that would otherwise have existed under this Agreement had it not been for the exercise by South Australia of its right under this clause.

       (2) South Australia may store any part of its entitlement under clause 88 (as adjusted for interstate trade) for the purpose of private carry‑over in the upper River Murray storage or storages of its choice, beyond the time at which that part of its entitlement would otherwise have been delivered under this Agreement, provided such storage does not affect water availability or storage access for New South Wales or Victoria that would otherwise have existed under this Agreement had it not been for the exercise by South Australia of its right under this clause.

       (3) During the period before a Schedule is made under Subdivision F of Division 1 of this Part, the Authority is to account for water stored pursuant