Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00139:clause:1_18b:p2
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 18B (pt 2/3)
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first day after the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which the proclamation is published; and
 (c) that State's amendment reference, and the amendment reference of every other referring State, terminate on the same day.

 (8) A State does not cease to be a referring State because of the termination of its amendment reference if:
 (a) a Bill is introduced into a House of the Parliament that includes a proposed amendment of the referred provisions, or that would, if enacted, have the effect that this Act would no longer contain:
 (i) subsections 22(10), (11) and (12), or provisions having substantially the same effect; or
 (ii) Part 11A, or provisions having substantially the same effect; and
 (b) the Governor of the State, by proclamation, issues a notice stating that:
 (i) the State has not agreed to the amendment; and
 (ii) this subsection will apply in relation to the State from a day specified in the notice; and
 (c) the State Minister of that State who is a member of the Murray‑Darling Basin Ministerial Council informs the other members of the Murray‑Darling Basin Ministerial Council that the notice was issued; and
 (d) the Governor does not revoke the notice before:
 (i) the day specified in the notice passes; or
 (ii) the Bill is enacted in a form that includes that amendment or a substantially similar amendment;
  whichever happens later.

Definitions

 (9) In this section:

amendment includes the insertion, omission, repeal, substitution, addition or relocation of words or matter.

amendment reference of a State means the reference by the Parliament of the State to the Parliament of the Commonwealth of the matters covered by subsection (4).

express amendment of this Act means the direct amendment of:
 (a) the referred provisions; or
 (b) definitions in this Act of terms used in the referred provisions;
but does not include the enactment by a Commonwealth Act of a provision that has, or will have, substantive effect otherwise than as part of the text of the referred provisions or those definitions.

initial reference of a State means the reference by the Parliament of the State to the Parliament of the Commonwealth of the matters covered by subsection (3).

referred provisions, for a State, means:
 (a) if the State is a Basin State—this Part and Parts 2A, 4, 4A, 10A and 11A, as originally enacted by the Water Amendment Act 2008, to the extent to which they deal with matters that are included in the legislative powers of the Parliament of the State; or
 (b) if the State is not a Basin State—Parts 4A and 11A, as originally enacted by the Water Amendment Act 2008, to the extent to which they deal