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within that period; and
 (b) any other matters the Minister considers to be relevant to the water resource plan area to be covered by the plan.
 (7) The Minister may only grant an extension under subregulation (5) on request by the Basin State made, in writing, no later than:
 (a) if an extension has been granted to the Basin State under subregulation (3)—the end of the extended period under that subregulation; or
 (b) otherwise—28 February 2019.
The Minister may grant the extension before, on or after the date by which the request must be made.

Authority may request information about a proposed water resource plan
 (8) The Authority may, in writing, request information from a Basin State relating to a proposed water resource plan for the purpose of:
 (a) considering the plan under paragraph 63(3)(a) of the Act; or
 (b) preparing recommendations under paragraph 63(3)(b) of the Act on whether the plan should be accredited.
 (9) The Authority is not required to consider information given in response to a request under subregulation (8) unless the information is given:
 (a) in writing; and
 (b) within the period of 14 days beginning on the day the request is made.
 (10) The Authority may, in writing, extend or further extend the period referred to in paragraph (9)(b).

2.11A  Minor or non‑substantive amendments of water resource plans
 (1) For the purposes of subsection 66(1) of the Act, a minor, or non‑substantive, amendment:
 (a) of a water resource plan accredited under section 63 of the Act; and
 (b) to which subregulations (2) and (4) apply;
is a kind of amendment to which section 66 of the Act applies.
 (2) This subregulation applies to an amendment that:
 (a) goes only to a matter of spelling, punctuation, grammar or syntax, or the use of conjunctives and disjunctives; or
 (b) updates a reference to:
 (i) any law, or a provision of any law; or
 (ii) a person, body or other entity, or an office, position, place, document or thing; or
 (c) changes the format of the water resource plan; or
 (d) numbers or renumbers a provision of the water resource plan; or
 (e) changes the order of definitions or other provisions of the water resource plan; or
 (f) affects the format, layout or printing style of maps that form part of the water resource plan, so long as the amendment does not change the depiction of the boundaries of:
 (i) the water resource plan area; or
 (ii) any SDL resource unit in the water resource plan area; or
 (g) corrects any of the following errors:
 (i) errors in numbering, cross‑referencing and alphabetical ordering;
 (ii) errors in references to any law, or provisions of any law;
 (iii) any other