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for a surface water SDL resource unit, has the meaning given by section 6.10; and
            (b) for a groundwater SDL resource unit, has the meaning given by section 6.12B.
ANZECC Guidelines means the Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality published by the Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council and the Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand in 2000.
apportioned supply contribution has the meaning given by subsection S6A.02(1) of Schedule 6A.
approval authority, in relation to the proposed trade of a water access right, means a person whose approval is required under State water management law for the trade to proceed.
asset class means a class of environmental asset.
Example:  Floodplain, riparian forest or billabong.
basic right means any of the following:
            (a) a right under State water management law to take water for domestic or stock purposes;
            (b) a harvestable right under the Water Management Act 2000 of New South Wales;
            (c) a native title right.
Basin annual environmental watering priorities has the meaning given by section 8.27.
Basin‑wide environmental watering strategy has the meaning given by section 8.13.
BDL (baseline diversion limit) means the baseline limit of take from an SDL resource unit. This baseline limit is:
            (a) for a surface water SDL resource unit—the quantity of water calculated in accordance with column 2 of the table in Schedule 3 for that SDL resource unit; and
            (b) for a groundwater SDL resource unit—the quantity of water specified in column 3 of the table in Schedule 4 for that SDL resource unit.
carryover announcement means an announcement made by a Basin State as to when water allocations covered by a carryover arrangement may be taken.
carryover arrangement means an arrangement which allows a water access right holder to retain water allocations not taken in a water accounting period for possible take in the next water accounting period.
commercial plantation means an area of land on which perennial woody plants are planted primarily for commercial purposes (other than the production of food).
Note: Some examples of commercial purposes are the production of timber, woodchip, oil or biofuel, or the commercial exploitation of the carbon sequestration capacity of the plants.
conveyance reserve has the meaning given by clause 2 of the Agreement.
current efficiency contribution has the meaning given by subsection S6A.02(1) of Schedule 6A.
data includes metadata.
deep drainage means the volume of water that moves below the root zone, whether or not the water enters the saturated zone and becomes recharge to the groundwater system.
Department means the Commonwealth Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
de‑watering means controlling or lowering the level of groundwater within an