Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557:schedule:1:p57
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 57/154)
Character Range: 783303–786180

May in the following year;
(b) unless the Ministerial Council decides otherwise, will be deemed to have commenced on 1 August in that year, whenever it is in fact declared.
       (3) In calculating a reserve referred to in subclause (1), the Authority must disregard any deferred water and any conveyance reserve held in a major storage.

    124. Variation of Navigation Depths During Restrictions
The Authority may vary the depth of water to be maintained immediately downstream of a lock under sub‑paragraph 68(1)(b)(i), during any period of special accounting.

    125. Special Accounts to be Kept
Throughout any period of special accounting declared for New South Wales or Victoria, separate accounts must be kept by the Authority of:
(a) all water diverted from the upper River Murray by the State;
(b) the difference between ‑
              (i) the sum of all water entering the Upper River Murray downstream of Doctors Point from ‑

                •   any tributary within that State other than the River Darling, and

                •   any artificial outfall from that State approved by the Ministerial Council for the purposes of clause 108; and
              (ii) any water allocated to that State which flows to South Australia in excess of South Australia's entitlement under clause 88 or 90.
If (ii) exceeds (i), the account kept under this paragraph must be set at zero;
(c) all water allocated to that State which is supplied by it to meet South Australia's entitlement under paragraph 88(a).

    126. Imbalance in Use
The imbalance in use between either New South Wales or Victoria and South Australia in a period of special accounting is to be calculated as follows:

       One‑third of the amount calculated under paragraph 125(a)

       less:

       One‑third of the amount calculated under paragraph 125(b)

       less:

       Two‑thirds of the amount calculated under paragraph 125(c).

    127. Limits on Imbalance in Use
On May 31 in any period of special accounting, the accounts kept under clause 125 must be adjusted by the Authority to ensure that the imbalance in use calculated under clause 126 is:
(a) less than one‑third; and
(b) greater than minus two‑thirds,
of the difference between 1,250,000 megalitres and the reserve allocated to New South Wales or Victoria, as the case may require.

    128. Restrictions on South Australia's Entitlement
       (1) Subject to subclause 102C (4), in a period of special accounting, instead of the amounts set out in paragraph 88(a), South Australia is entitled to receive, before the end of the following May, the lesser of:
(a) the sum of the monthly quantities set out in paragraph 88(a); and
(b) one‑third of the available water determined under paragraph 102 (c)
less
one‑third of the conveyance reserve determined under subclause 102D(1)
plus
any imbalance in use calculated under clause