Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557:section:4:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557
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Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 2/13)
Character Range: 34508–37411

section 137.
assist, in relation to an Authority delegate, means:
 (a) to perform functions in connection with the Authority delegate's performance or exercise of a function or power delegated under section 199; or
 (b) to perform services for the Authority delegate in connection with the Authority delegate's performance or exercise of a function or power delegated under section 199.
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.
authorised compliance officer means an individual whose appointment by the Inspector‑General under section 222G is in force.
authorised officer means an individual whose appointment by the Authority under section 217 is in force.
Authority has the meaning given by section 18A.
Authority Chair means the Chair of the Authority.
Authority delegate means a person to whom a function or power is delegated under section 199.
Authority member means a member of the Authority, and includes the Chief Executive and the Authority Chair.
Authority staff means the staff described in section 206.
Basin Community Committee means the committee established under section 202.
Basin Officials Committee has the meaning given by section 18A.
Basin Plan means the Basin Plan adopted by the Minister under section 44 (as amended from time to time).
Basin reference limit has the meaning given by subsection 23A(5).
Basin State means the following:
 (a) New South Wales;
 (b) Victoria;
 (c) Queensland;
 (d) South Australia;
 (e) the Australian Capital Territory.
Basin water market trading objectives and principles means the objectives and principles that are set out in Schedule 3.
Basin water resources means all water resources within, or beneath, the Murray‑Darling Basin, but does not include:
 (a) water resources within, or beneath, the Murray‑Darling Basin that are prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph; or
 (b) ground water that forms part of the Great Artesian Basin.
biodiversity means the variability among living organisms from all sources (including terrestrial, marine and aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part) and includes:
 (a) diversity within species and between species; and
 (b) diversity of ecosystems.
Biodiversity Convention means the Convention on Biological Diversity done at Rio de Janeiro on 5 June 1992.
Note: The text of the Convention is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1993 No. 32. In 2007, the text of a Convention in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).
Bonn Convention means the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals done at Bonn on 23 June 1979.
Note: The text of the Convention is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1991 No. 32. In 2007, the text of a Convention in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the