Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557:schedule:1:p48
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 48/154)
Character Range: 760827–763654

(1), the Committee may, by majority vote, require the Authority to direct that water be released from Menindee Lakes Storage.

    100. Procedures for Dartmouth Dam Operation
The Authority must not amend or, except in an emergency, suspend any standing procedures affecting the release of water through the power station of Dartmouth Reservoir without first consulting the operator of the power station and the Constructing Authority for Victoria.

    101. Water Estimated to be Under the Control of the Authority
"Water estimated to be under the control of the Authority" means the aggregate of:
(a) water stored in the Hume and Dartmouth Reservoirs above their minimum operating levels;
(b) water stored in Lake Victoria above its minimum operating level;
(c) water available for release from the Menindee Lakes Storage at the direction of the Authority in accordance with clause 99, after allowing for New South Wales' prior entitlements under clause 95;
(d) the estimated natural flow of the River Murray at Doctors Point before the end of the following May;
(e) water calculated in accordance with clause 9 of Schedule F;
(f) the difference between the estimated amount of water in transit in the upper River Murray and the estimated amount of water in transit at the end of the following May.

    102. Available Water
From time to time the Authority must:
(a) determine the minimum amount of water estimated to be under the control of the Authority;
(b) determine the allowance to be made until the end of the following May for ‑
              (i) losses by evaporation and other means in the upper River Murray; and
              (ii) the entitlements of South Australia under paragraphs 88(b) and 88(c);
(ba) determine the allowance to be made for water deferred under clause 91;
(c) having regard to its determinations under paragraphs (a), (b) and (ba), determine the water available:
              (i) for distribution to New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia (including water to meet critical human water needs) before the end of the following May; and
              (ii) for holding in reserve at the end of the following May.

    102A Critical Human Water Needs
       (1) Each year the Authority must, before the end of the following May, determine an initial requirement to meet critical human water needs.
       (2) For subclause (1), the initial requirement for distribution among New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia is:
(a) before the Basin Plan takes effect—351 000 megalitres; and
(b) after the Basin Plan takes effect—the sum of the amounts determined for New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia in accordance with the Basin Plan.

    102B Setting aside water for Critical Human Water Needs
       (1) By 31 May in each year, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia must