Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00139:schedule:1:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00139
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 10/128)
Character Range: 106535–109186

main course of the River Murray upstream of the eastern boundary of the State of South Australia;

(b) all tributaries entering that part of the main course upstream of Doctors Point;

(c) all effluents and anabranches of that part of the main course, other than those excepted by the Ministerial Council;

(d) the watercourses connecting Lake Victoria to that main course;

(e) the Darling River downstream of the Menindee Lakes Storage; and

(f) the upper River Murray storages.

"upper River Murray storages" means Lake Victoria, the Menindee Lakes Storage, the storages formed by Dartmouth Dam and Hume Dam and by those weirs, and weirs and locks, described in Schedule A which are upstream of the eastern boundary of South Australia.
"Water Act" means the Water Act 2007, amended by the Water Amendment Act 2008 of the Commonwealth, and otherwise as amended from time to time.
"water available for release at the direction of the Authority" means water which can physically be released from a storage if the Authority so directs, other than water which must not be released because of sub‑clause 99(1).
"water resource plan" has the meaning given by the Water Act.
"weir" includes:

(a) a weir and lock; and

(b) a barrage in any of the channels at or near the mouth of the River Murray.

    3. Interpretation

       (1) In this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears:

(a) a reference to any Act includes any Act amending, or in substitution for, that Act;

(b) a reference to this Agreement includes a reference to ‑

(i) the Schedules to this Agreement, and
(ii) any amendment of or addition to this Agreement or the Schedules hereto;

(c) words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa;

(d) words importing any gender include any other gender;

(e) a reference to a Committee member for the Commonwealth or a State includes a person who is acting as a Committee member for the Commonwealth or that State pursuant to an appointment under clause 21;

(f) a reference to a power, function or duty of the Authority is a reference to a power, function or duty of the Authority:

(i) under this Agreement; or
(ii) under the Water Act for the purposes of this Agreement,
          but does not include any other power, function or duty conferred on it by the Water Act;

(g) a reference to a power, function or duty of the Ministerial Council or the Committee is a reference to a power, function or duty of that body:

(i) under this Agreement; or
(ii) for the purposes of the Agreement because of the operation of Part 10A of the Water Act,
          but does not include any other power, function or duty