Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00760:front:0:p68
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00760
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Character Range: 186569–189714

water maintained under the rules of the water resource plan for the water resource plan area; and
            (c) any register of held environmental water maintained by the Director of Meteorology; and
            (d) any environmental watering schedules to which the Authority is a party; and
            (e) any rules relating to planned environmental water in the transitional water resource plan, interim water resource plan or water resource plan for the water resource plan area, as applicable.
Note: See section 10.09, which requires water resource plans to identify planned environmental water and to maintain a register of held environmental water in certain circumstances.
(3) To avoid doubt, the requirements in paragraphs (2)(b) and (2)(e) apply only if a water resource plan has been accredited or adopted for the water resource plan area.

Information to be provided to Basin States to prepare annual environmental watering priorities
(4) To enable a Basin State to identify annual environmental watering priorities, a holder of held environmental water in the water resource plan area:
            (a) must give a Basin State information relating to the matters referred to in paragraph 8.24(2)(a); and
            (b) may give a Basin State views on environmental watering priorities for priority environmental assets and priority ecosystem functions for the water accounting period.
(5) To enable a Basin State to identify annual environmental watering priorities, a manager of planned environmental water in the water resource plan area:
            (a) must give the Basin State information relating to the matters referred to in paragraph 8.24(2)(b); and
            (b) if planned environmental water may be used in another water resource plan area—must give the Basin State:
                (i) details of the water that will be made available; and
                (ii) the manager's preferred priorities for that water, both inside and outside of the water resource plan area.

Consistency with long‑term watering plans
(6) Annual environmental watering priorities for the water resource plan area must be consistent with the long‑term watering plan for that water resource plan area.

8.26 Provision of annual environmental watering priorities
A Basin State must give its annual environmental watering priorities for a water accounting period to the Authority:
            (a) by the 31 May before the commencement of that water accounting period; or
            (b) within a different timeframe agreed to by the Authority and the Basin State.

        Division 5—Basin annual environmental watering priorities

8.27 Obligation to prepare Basin annual environmental watering priorities
(1) The Authority must, for each water accounting period, prepare annual environmental watering priorities for the Murray‑Darling Basin (Basin annual environmental watering priorities).
(2) The purpose of the Basin annual environmental watering priorities is to identify watering priorities that give effect to the Basin‑wide environmental watering strategy.
Note: For the application of Basin annual environmental watering priorities,