Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557:schedule:1:p77
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 77/154)
Character Range: 840716–843619

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       (3) Subject to subclause 17(4), the Authority must:
(a) estimate the salinity impacts of an Accountable Action; and
(b) determine any salinity credits or salinity debits arising from that Accountable Action; and
(c) attribute those salinity credits or salinity debits in accordance with clause 21 or 21A.
       (4) If the Authority is unable to confidently estimate the salinity impacts of an Accountable Action, the Authority must make a provisional entry in the relevant Register.
       (5) The Authority must, in accordance with clause 23, amend Register A or Register B to give effect to trading or transfer of salinity credits and salinity debits.
       (6) The Authority must re‑estimate the salinity impacts of each item on Register A and Register B in accordance with clause 24.
       (7) The Authority may, in accordance with clause 24, make amendments to Register A or Register B.

    17A Informing the Authority of Proposals
       (1) A Contracting Government must inform the Authority of any Proposal which the Government, acting reasonably, considers is likely to have a Significant Effect.
       (2) The Committee may inform the Authority of any Proposal if the Committee, acting reasonably, considers that:
(a) the Proposal is likely to have a Significant Effect; and
(b) any salinity credits or salinity debits arising from the Proposal will be attributable to the Collective Account.

    18. Determining whether a Proposal or action has a Significant Effect
       (1) If a Contracting Government informs the Authority under subclause 17A(1) of a Proposal, the Authority must:
(a) assess that Proposal on the basis of information provided to the Authority by the Contracting Government; and
(b) decide whether the Proposal, either on its own or cumulatively with similar past actions or projected similar future actions, may have a Significant Effect.
       (1A) If the Committee informs the Authority of a Proposal under subclause 17A(2), the Authority must:
(a) assess the Proposal on the basis of information provided to the Authority by the Contracting Government nominated by the Committee for the purposes of this paragraph; and
(b) decide whether the Proposal, either on its own or cumulatively with similar past actions or projected similar future actions, may have a Significant Effect.
       (2) If the Authority becomes aware of an action undertaken within a State after the relevant Baseline Date, of which the Authority has not previously been informed as a Proposal, but which the Authority considers has had or may have a Significant Effect, either on its own or cumulatively with similar past actions or projected similar future actions, it may direct the relevant State Contracting Government to inform the Authority of the action as a Proposal under sub‑clause 17A(1).
       (3) A Significant Effect is:
(a) a change in average