Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557:schedule:1:p115
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 115/154)
Character Range: 944112–947019

any period of 5 years;
(b) for Lower Murray Swamps irrigation do not exceed 94.2 GL per year;
(c) for water supply purposes for Country Towns do not exceed 50 GL per year; and
(d) for all other purposes do not exceed a long‑term average annual diversion of 449.9 GL.
       (2) The Government of South Australia must ensure that:
(a) no part of any entitlement created in South Australia with respect to the diversion referred to in paragraph 7(1)(a) is either used, or transferred for use, for any purpose other than use in Metropolitan Adelaide and associated country areas; and
(b) at least 22.2 GL of the diversion referred to in paragraph 7(1)(b) is reserved for environmental purposes and is not transferred,
        unless the Ministerial Council determines otherwise.
       (3) If the Government of South Australia supplies any of the diversions referred to in paragraph 7(1)(d) through the Swan Reach‑Stockwell, Mannum‑Adelaide and Murray Bridge‑Onkaparinga pipeline systems in any year, it must:
(a) record the volume of water so delivered for that purpose in that year; and
(b) account for that volume against the long‑term average annual diversion referred to in paragraph 7(1)(d), when monitoring and reporting to the Authority under clause 13.

    8. Long‑term diversion cap for Queensland
The Government of Queensland must ensure that diversions from each designated river valley in Queensland do not exceed diversions under baseline conditions in that designated river valley, as determined by reference to the model determined under sub‑clause 11(4).

    9. Long‑term diversion cap for the Australian Capital Territory
       (1) The Government of the Australian Capital Territory must ensure that diversions from the designated river valley in the Australian Capital Territory do not exceed 40 GL per annum (being 42 GL minus 2GL saving allocated to the Living Murray), varied as required by sub‑clause (2).
       (2) The long‑term diversion cap referred to in sub‑clause (1) is to be annually adjusted:
(a) for the prevailing climate during the water year by reference to the model developed under sub‑clause 11(4); and
(b) to account for growth in population, in accordance with the following formula:
0.75
multiplied by:
2006/07 per capita consumption of the population of Canberra and Queanbeyan
multiplied by:
the difference between the population of Canberra and Queanbeyan in 2006/07 and the population of Canberra and Queanbeyan for each year in consideration.
       (3) The Government of the Australian Capital Territory must ensure that no water or water entitlement that is used for urban purposes will be transferred for use outside the Australian Capital Territory unless that water or water entitlement has been transferred for use within the Australian Capital Territory from another State.
       (4) If demand for water for industrial uses or uses by the Commonwealth