Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00795:schedule:1:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00795
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 10/11)
Character Range: 26203–29122

ratifying this Agreement, and any amendment to this Agreement which may be approved by the Ministerial Forum from time to time, on behalf of the State; and
         (b) authorising and requiring the performance and observance of this Agreement by the Government of the State.

Part X ‑ Review and Amendment

Review

    10.1 The Ministerial Forum must cause a review of:
         (a) the operation of this Agreement; and
         (b) the extent to which the objectives set out in Clause 2.2 of this Agreement have been achieved,
    to be undertaken without unnecessary delay after the fifth anniversary of the effective date of this Agreement, and thereafter on a ten yearly basis.

    10.2 A report of each review required under clause 10.1 is to be tabled in the Parliament of each State and presented to the Commonwealth Minister within 12 months after completion of it.

    10.3 The Ministerial Forum must cause a review of all Policies and Strategies to be undertaken without unnecessary delay after the fifth anniversary of the development or adoption of them, and thereafter as necessary but in any event not less frequently than every ten years.

    10.4 The Ministerial Forum must cause a review of the condition of all watercourses and catchments within the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area to be undertaken without unnecessary delay after the effective date of this Agreement, and thereafter on a ten yearly basis.

Amendment

    10.5 The Ministerial Forum may approve such amendments to this Agreement, including amendments to or addition of schedules to this Agreement, as the Ministerial Forum considers desirable from time to time.

    Part XI ‑ Funding and Accountability Arrangements

    11.1 Subject to the availability of respective appropriations, the Commonwealth and the States will make available all necessary financial and other resources for the establishment and operation of the Ministerial Forum and associated institutional arrangements.

    11.2 The Commonwealth and the States will determine and agree appropriate cost‑sharing arrangements which reflect their respective roles and responsibilities under this Agreement.

    11.3 Any group committee or body appointed or adopted under Part V and which receives funding under this Agreement will produce to the Ministerial Forum in respect of each financial year a full account of its application of all funds received by it together with a report of its activities towards which such funding has been applied.

    Part XII ‑ Further Parties

Accession by New Parties

    12.1 The State of New South Wales and the Northern Territory may become parties to this Agreement:
         (a) with the consent of the existing Parties; and
         (b) on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the existing Parties in a Schedule to this Agreement.

    12.2 The Ministerial Forum may approve any Schedule prepared pursuant to