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Character Range: 201509–204686

for the recovery of environmental water;
Note: See section 1.07 for the meaning of recovery of environmental water.
            (b) priorities for the recovery of certain types of water access rights;
            (c) the reasoning on which those priorities are based.
Note: The reasoning may include models used by the Authority to identify priorities for the recovery of environmental water.

8.47 Reporting required where Authority's recommendations not followed
(1) If a person:
            (a) acquires a water access right for the purpose of undertaking environmental watering; and
            (b) does not acquire that right consistently with the environmental water recovery recommendations;
then that person must, within 8 weeks of the acquisition, give to the Authority a statement of reasons for not doing so.
Note: See section 25D of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 for content required in a statement of reasons.
(2) The Authority may publish on its website a statement of reasons given to it under subsection (1).

        Part 5—Methods for identifying environmental assets and ecosystem functions and their environmental watering requirements

8.48 Environmental assets and ecosystem functions database
(1) The Authority must establish and maintain a database identifying information about environmental assets and ecosystem functions that require environmental watering (environmental assets and ecosystem functions database).
Note: This database is expected to include information used in the development of the Basin Plan which will be added to on an ongoing basis.
(2) The Authority may publish the database on its website.

8.49 Method for identifying environmental assets and their environmental watering requirements
(1) An environmental asset that requires environmental watering, and its environmental watering requirements, must be identified having regard to the information on the environmental assets and ecosystem functions database, using the following method:
            (a) identify any environmental asset that meets one or more of the assessment indicators for any of the 5 criteria specified in the table in Schedule 8; and
            (b) identify the environmental assets that can be managed with environmental water (priority environmental assets); and
            (c) for priority environmental assets, identify ecological objectives that are consistent with the criteria used to identify those assets; and
Example: If the environmental asset falls within the assessment indicator for Criterion 1 because it is a declared Ramsar wetland, the objectives must be directed towards maintaining the ecological character of the wetland.
            (d) identify ecological targets to achieve those objectives; and
            (e) in accordance with section 8.51 determine the environmental watering requirements needed to meet the targets in order to achieve the objectives.
(2) This method may be applied in a flexible manner, having regard to the particular circumstances.
                Example: If new information came to light, the step in paragraph (1)(e) could be re‑applied without needing to re‑apply the entire method.

8.50 Method