Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557:schedule:1:p118
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Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 118/154)
Character Range: 952080–954952

and New South Wales.
       (4) A report under sub‑clause 13(1) or (2) must be given to the Authority within four months after the end of each relevant water year or by such other time as the Authority may determine.
       (5) On the basis of the calculations referred to in sub‑clause 12(1) and reports given to it under sub‑clauses 13(1) and (2) the Authority:
(a) must, in relation to each State Contracting Government, produce a water audit monitoring report which includes information about that Government's compliance with the annual diversion target calculated for each designated river valley in the territory of that State and for the whole of the State in the relevant water year; and
(b) may publish any such report, or a summary thereof, in such manner as it may determine.
       (6) A water audit monitoring report under sub‑clause 13(4) must be produced by 31 December following the conclusion of each relevant water year, or by such other time as the Authority may determine.
       (7) The Register maintained under sub‑clause 13(7) of the former Schedule is continued in existence in the form in which it was held, and containing the information it contained, immediately prior to commencement of this Schedule until altered by the Authority in accordance with sub‑clause (8).
       (8) The Authority must maintain the Cap Register referred to in sub‑clause 13(7) so that it records:
(a) for each designated river valley; and
(b) for each State,
        the cumulative difference between actual annual diversions and the annual diversion targets calculated under this Schedule.
       (9) The Cap Register must:
(a) for New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, include information for every water year concluding after 1 November 1997; and
(b) for Queensland, include information about each designated river valley in every water year commencing after the Resource Operations Plan first adopted by the Government of Queensland for that designated river valley is published in the Queensland Government Gazette; and
(c) for the Australian Capital Territory, include information about its designated river valley in every water year; and
(d) if cumulative actual diversions for any designated river valley or for any State are less than the cumulative annual diversion targets calculated under this Schedule, as the case requires, record the difference as a credit; and
(e) if cumulative actual diversions for any designated river valley or for any State are greater than the cumulative annual diversion targets calculated under this Schedule, as the case requires, record the difference as a debit.
       (10) The Authority must include a report on the operation of this Schedule in any report made to the Ministerial Council under clause 85 of the Agreement.

    14. Appointment of Independent Audit Group
       (1) The Authority must appoint