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evaluated and on which the Authority, the Basin States, the Department and the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder are required to report.

(2) Most Chapters are divided into Parts, Divisions and Subdivisions within the Chapter and these are made up of sections.
(3) Each section is numbered with the number before the decimal point referring to the Chapter number (for example, section 5.04 is the fourth section in Chapter 5).

        Part 3—Interpretation

1.06 Where terms are defined
Many terms used in the Basin Plan have special meanings. Some are defined in the Act, and have the same meaning in the Basin Plan unless it provides otherwise. See also the list of definitions in section 1.07.
Note: See section 13 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.

1.07 Definitions
(1) In the Basin Plan:
Act means the Water Act 2007.
adaptive management is taken to include the following steps:
            (a) setting clear objectives;
            (b) linking knowledge (including local knowledge), management, evaluation and feedback over a period of time;
            (c) identifying and testing uncertainties;
            (d) using management as a tool to learn about the relevant system and change its management;
            (e) improving knowledge;
            (f) having regard to the social, economic and technical aspects of management.
advance means an advance determined by the Authority in accordance with clause 102C of the Agreement or clause 7 of Schedule H to the Agreement.
Note: Some provisions of the Basin Plan refer explicitly to only one of these 2 kinds of advances.
ADWG means the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines published by the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council in 2011.
Agreement means the Murray‑Darling Basin Agreement, as amended from time to time in accordance with that agreement and as set out in Schedule 1 to the Act.
Note: This is the same as the definition in section 18A of the Act. Other terms used in the Act have the same meaning in the Basin Plan unless the Basin Plan otherwise provides: see section 1.06.
allocation announcement means an announcement specifying the volume of water allocated to water access entitlements.
Note: An announcement could increase, decrease or leave unchanged the quantity of water allocated.
annual actual take:
            (a) for a surface water SDL resource unit, has the meaning given by section 6.10; and
            (b) for a groundwater SDL resource unit, has the meaning given by section 6.12B.
annual environmental watering priorities has the meaning given by section 8.23.
annual permitted take:
            (a) for a surface water SDL resource unit, has the meaning given by section 6.10; and
            (b) for a groundwater SDL resource unit, has the meaning given by section 6.12B.
ANZECC Guidelines means the Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh