Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557:schedule:1:p144
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 144/154)
Character Range: 1020826–1023648

(b) a major storage to release sufficient water to meet the commitments of any State to supply allocations at any time;
then delivery of deferred water for the purpose of meeting private carry‑over must be given the lowest priority.

    19. Reallocation of deferred water
       (1) Despite Part 2 and this Part, but subject to subclause (2), the Authority may reallocate volumes of deferred water between major storages and adjust the accounts accordingly if, after considering the relevant Plan, the Authority considers that it is necessary or convenient to do so in order to:
(a) facilitate the delivery of deferred water to South Australia; or
(b) assist in re‑regulating any deferred water that may have spilled from a major storage; or
(c) operate the River Murray System efficiently.
       (2) In reallocating deferred water under subclause (1), the Authority must not:
(a) reduce the total volume of deferred water then held in all major storages and entered in the accounts; or
(b) affect either or both of:
              (i) water availability for an upper State; or
              (ii) for deferred water stored for the purpose of meeting private carry‑over in South Australia—storage access by an upper State; or
(c) increase the risk that deferred water might spill from a major storage.
PART 4 – ACCOUNTING FOR DEFERRED WATER

    20. Establishing and maintaining accounts
       (1) The Authority must, in accordance with the requirements of this Part, establish and maintain:
(a) a separate account for deferred water held in each major storage showing the respective volumes stored at any time for the purpose of meeting:
              (i) critical human water needs; and
              (ii) private carry‑over; and
(b) an account showing the total deferred water held at any time; and
(c) an account that maintains a record of deferred water that is stored, spilled, in transit, debited for evaporation or attributed as transmission losses under clause 26 and delivered to South Australia in accordance with this Schedule.
       (2) The Authority must give a copy of each account mentioned in subclause (1) to each Committee member at the same time as the water accounts prepared under Subdivisions D and E of Division 1 of Part XII of the Agreement.
       (3) If the Authority makes a determination under subclause 2 (5) about the occurrence of an effect under paragraph 2 (4) (a) or (b), the Authority must immediately:
(a) notify each Committee member in writing of that effect and of any adjustment to the accounts maintained under clause 20 that the Authority considers appropriate to correct that effect; and
(b) make any adjustment to the accounts determined by the Committee.

    21. Accounting for internal spills
The volume of deferred water in a major storage must not be taken into account