Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00760:reg:24:p22
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00760
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 24 (pt 22/36)
Character Range: 366326–369272

Department, the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder and any other relevant person or body with an opportunity to comment on the proposed findings before the findings are published.

13.22 Publication of reports produced under Part 4
(1) The Authority must take all reasonable steps to publish on its website a copy of each report produced by or given to the Authority under Part 4.
(2) However, if the person or body (other than the Authority) who produced the report has published the report on a website, the Authority need not publish the report on its website.

        Part 6—Improving monitoring, evaluation and reporting capabilities

13.23 Improving monitoring, evaluation and reporting capabilities
(1) The Authority must complete an assessment of monitoring, evaluation and reporting capabilities relevant to this Chapter before the end of 2020.
(2) When conducting the assessment, the Authority must have regard to the findings and recommendations arising from relevant evaluations, reviews, audits and assessments conducted under Part 3.
(3) If the assessment identifies improvements that can be made to monitoring capabilities, the Authority must use its best endeavours, with the Basin States, the Department, the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder and any other relevant persons or bodies, to give effect to those improvements.

        Schedule 1—Basin water resources and the context for their use
Note:  See section 2.01
Introduction
    1. This description of Basin water resources and the context in which those resources are used has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of item 1 of the table in subsection 22(1) of the Water Act 2007 and is based upon the best information available to the Murray‑Darling Basin Authority at this point in time. It comprises information on the size, extent, connectivity, variability and condition of the Basin water resources; the uses to which the Basin water resources are put (including by Indigenous people); the users of the Basin water resources; and the social and economic circumstances of Basin communities dependent on the Basin water resources.
    2. The Murray‑Darling Basin is large, diverse and dynamic in terms of its climate, natural resources and the social and economic circumstances of its industries and communities. Spatial and temporal changes in the availability, condition and use of water resources are a constant, resulting in a highly variable set of circumstances across different parts of the Basin at any given time. This description considers the Basin water resources and the context in which those resources are used, primarily from a Basin‑wide perspective.
Size and extent of Basin water resources
    3. The Murray‑Darling Basin is defined by the catchment areas of the Murray and Darling rivers and their many tributaries. Comprising 23 main river valleys, the Basin extends over 1 million km2 of south‑eastern Australia, covering