Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557:schedule:1:p152
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Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 152/154)
Character Range: 1041604–1044439

to remedial action; and
              (iii) any information given by the Authority; and
(b) must consider what additional remedial action may be necessary and available while either Part 2 or Part 3 applies.
       (5) Unless the Committee determines otherwise, any proposal made under subclause (1) must set out:
(a) how the water attributable to any remedial action mentioned in subparagraph (1) (a) (i) will be made available, including information about how any possible environmental or other consequences of the proposed action will be averted or remedied; and
(b) either the circumstances in which, or the date by which, the proposed remedial action will cease.
       (6) Before taking a remedial action proposed under subclause (1), the Committee must determine whether, under the Agreement, the action requires the approval of one or more of the Ministerial Council, the Committee or the Authority.
       (7) If the Committee determines that a proposed remedial action requires approval under the Agreement, the action must not be taken:
(a) before it has been approved; and
(b) otherwise than in accordance with any conditions attached to that approval.
       (8) Unless the Committee decides otherwise, any remedial action proposed under subclause (1) must not be taken until the Committee has determined what volume of water will be made available by the proposed remedial action for subparagraph (1) (a) (i), having regard to any relevant rules made under subclause 135 (14) of the Agreement.
       (9) After a declaration under subclause 9 (3) is made, the Committee must report to the Ministerial Council:
(a) at least once in every 4 months; and
(b) at each meeting of the Ministerial Council;
       on what remedial action has been taken or is proposed in accordance with this clause, to ensure that the water attributable to a remedial action mentioned in paragraph (1) (a) will be available in the current year.
       (10) The Committee must continue to report until the Committee revokes a declaration made under subclause 9 (3).
       (11) When the Committee is satisfied that current conveyance water will be available in the current year, it must:
(a) revoke the declaration made under subclause 9 (3); and
(b) report that fact to the next meeting of the Ministerial Council.

    11. Adjusting accounts relating to stored water
       (1) Subject to subclause (2) and despite any other provision of the Agreement, the Authority may at any time alter the water accounts maintained by the Authority relating to the volume of a State's share of water held in a particular major storage if the Authority considers it necessary or appropriate to facilitate the delivery of current critical human water needs.
       (2) Subclause (1) does not apply to a State if the alteration would alter the total volume of