Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557:section:215c:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 215C (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 487274–490194

215C  Functions of the Inspector‑General
 (1) The Inspector‑General has the following functions:
 (a) to monitor and provide independent oversight of the performance of functions and exercise of powers by agencies of the Commonwealth under the following:
 (i) this Act (other than Parts 1A, 2A, 4, 4A, 10A and 11A);
 (ii) regulations and other legislative instruments made under this Act (other than regulations or other legislative instruments made for the purposes of Part 1A, 2A, 4, 4A, 10A or 11A);
 (iii) the Basin Plan;
 (iv) water resource plans;
 (b) to monitor and provide independent oversight of the performance by agencies of the Basin States of their obligations in relation to the management of Basin water resources under the following:
 (i) this Act (other than Parts 1A, 2A, 4, 4A, 10A and 11A);
 (ii) regulations and other legislative instruments made under this Act (other than regulations or other legislative instruments made for the purposes of Part 1A, 2A, 4, 4A, 10A or 11A);
 (iii) the Basin Plan;
 (iv) water resource plans;
 (c) to monitor and provide independent oversight of the implementation by agencies of the Commonwealth and agencies of the Basin States of the commitments in the agreements referred to in subsection (3);
 (d) to engage with the Australian community in relation to the management of Basin water resources;
 (e) functions conferred on the Inspector‑General by:
 (i) Part 8 (enforcement); and
 (ii) Part 10AA (special powers); and
 (iii) Part 10AB (inquiry powers);
 (f) any other functions conferred on the Inspector‑General by this Act, the Basin Plan or any other legislative instrument made under this Act;
 (g) to do anything incidental to, or conducive to, the performance of the above functions.
 (2) The Inspector‑General's functions under subsection (1) do not include monitoring and providing independent oversight of the performance of functions or exercise of powers:
 (a) by the ACCC in giving advice:
 (i) for the purposes of subsection 42(2) or 46(2) (relating to the water trading rules); or
 (ii) under subsection 212(2) (relating to fees the Authority may charge for its services); or
 (b) by the Productivity Commission in conducting an inquiry into a matter referred to the Productivity Commission under section 87 or 88.

Basin agreements
 (3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), the agreements are the following agreements (including any amendments of those agreements):
 (a) the Murray‑Darling Basin Compliance Compact entered into in June 2018;
 (b) the Intergovernmental Agreement on Implementing Water Reform in the Murray‑Darling Basin entered into in June 2013;
 (c) the National Partnership Agreement on Implementing Water Reform in the Murray‑Darling Basin entered into in February 2014;
 (d) the Project Agreement for Murray‑Darling Basin Water Infrastructure, New South Wales‑Led Efficiency Projects entered into in August 2019;
 (e) the