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a notified efficiency measure.
efficiency measure has the meaning given by section 7.04.
measure means a set of works or measures undertaken or funded by the Commonwealth or a Basin State, including but not limited to the following:
            (a) changes to water infrastructure;
            (b) changes to other infrastructure that affect the hydrology of the Basin;
            (c) changes to legal requirements, including to Commonwealth or State laws, that affect the way water is used;
            (d) changes in river management and river operational practices;
            (e) changes in methods of delivering water.
notified measure means a measure that has been notified under subsection 7.12(1) or (1A), and notified efficiency measure and notified supply measure have corresponding meanings.
reference time has the meaning given by subsection 23A(5) of the Act.
supply contribution has the meaning given by Division 4 of Part 2 (in particular section 7.15).
supply measure has the meaning given by section 7.03.
varying HEW contribution has the meaning given by section 7.21.
(2)  A reference in this Chapter and in Schedule 6A to a water access right, a water delivery right, an irrigation right or a water access entitlement includes a reference to a part of such a right or entitlement.

7.03 Meaning of supply measure
A supply measure is a measure that operates to increase the quantity of water available to be taken in a set of surface water SDL resource units compared with the quantity available under the benchmark conditions of development.
Note: Examples include:
 re‑configuring suitable lakes or storage systems to reduce evaporation;
 reducing the quantity of water required to deliver water at a particular place, whether for purposes of consumptive use or for environmental use;
 changing the methods of environmental watering in such a way that equivalent environmental outcomes can be achieved with a smaller quantity of water than was required under the benchmark conditions of development.

7.04 Meaning of efficiency measure
An efficiency measure is a measure that operates to decrease the quantity of water required for one or more consumptive uses in a set of surface water SDL resource units, compared with the quantity required under the benchmark conditions of development.
Note: Examples include:
 lining channels to reduce water losses within an irrigation network;
 replacement of less efficient irrigation methods with drip irrigation.

7.05 Consultation with Basin Officials Committee
(1) In determining the amounts of proposed adjustments in accordance with this Chapter, the Authority must seek and consider advice from the Basin Officials Committee.
(2) The Authority must seek the advice of the Basin Officials Committee at least 1 month before proposing adjustments in accordance with this Chapter.

7.06 Public consultation
Before finalising a determination of the amounts of proposed adjustments in accordance with this