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Murray-Darling Basin Agreement (Schedule D —Tagging Entitlements for Extraction in another State) Protocol 20101

The MURRAY-DARLING BASIN AUTHORITY, in consultation with the Basin Officials Committee and having considered the advice, if any, given by each person nominated by a Contracting Government under subclause 6 (3) of Schedule D to the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement, makes the following Protocol under clause 6 of Schedule D to that Agreement and section 18E of the Water Act 2007.

  I, ROB FREEMAN, Chief Executive of the MURRAY-DARLING BASIN AUTHORITY, authenticate that the Authority validly made the following Protocol on 30 August 2010.

ROB FREEMAN

Chief Executive

7 September 2010

Contents

 1 Name of Protocol
 2 Commencement
 3 Revocation
 4 Application
 5 Definitions
 6 Notices
 7 Processes and principles
 8 Accounting for use of tagged allocations
 9 Review of Protocol

Schedule 1 Processes and principles

Schedule 2 Processes – accounting for tagged allocations

1 Name of Protocol

  This Protocol is the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement (Schedule D —Tagging Entitlements for Extraction in another State) Protocol 2010.

Note   This Protocol deals with matters referred to in paragraph 6 (1) (f) of Schedule D to the Agreement.

2 Commencement

  This Protocol commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Revocation

 (1) All protocols made under paragraph 6 (1) (f) of Schedule D to the Agreement before 1 December 2009 that apply only to interstate tagged trade of entitlements are revoked.

 (2) A protocol made under paragraph 6 (1) (f) of Schedule D to the Agreement before the commencement of this Protocol that deals with:
 (a) interstate tagged trade of entitlements; and
 (b) other matters;
has no application to the extent that it deals with interstate tagged trade of entitlements.

4 Application

  This Protocol applies to interstate tagged trade of entitlements.

5 Definitions

  In this Protocol:
application means:
 (a) an application to tag an entitlement so that allocations made under that entitlement may be extracted in a State other than the State in which the allocation is made; or
 (b) an application to alter or remove a tag from an entitlement;
but not an application to transfer an entitlement.
retailer means the authority responsible for accounting for transfers of allocations, administering tagging arrangements and accounting for water used pursuant to allocations within a State.
SOD retailer means a retailer in a State of Destination.
SOO retailer means retailer in a State of Origin.
State of Destination means the State in which an allocation made under a tagged entitlement will be extracted.
State of Origin means the State in which an allocation under a tagged entitlement will be made.
wholesaler means an authority responsible for recovering costs associated with operating headworks from which allocations are supplied within a State of