Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557:clause:10_244
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 10 cl 244
Character Range: 617103–618049

244  Interim water resource plans taken to have been accredited
 (1) An interim water resource plan for a water resource plan area, as in force immediately before the Basin Plan first takes effect, is taken to have been accredited by the Minister under Subdivision D of Division 2 of Part 2 on the later of the following:
 (a) the day on which Part 2 commences;
 (b) the day on which the interim water resource plan is made.
 (2) The regulations may provide that minor, or non‑substantive, amendments of an interim water resource plan of a kind specified in the regulations are also taken to have been accredited by the Minister under Subdivision D of Division 2 of Part 2 on the date provided for in, or determined in accordance with, the regulations.
 (3) To avoid doubt and despite subsection 55(2), subsections (1) and (2) apply even if the interim water resource plan for the water resource plan area is not consistent with the Basin Plan.