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WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 86E

Additional matters relating to Tier 3 water sharing arrangements

  (1)   The Basin Plan must also:

  (a)   specify the conditions under which, due to one or more of the circumstances referred to in subsection   (2):

  (i)   Tier 2 water sharing arrangements cease to apply; and

  (ii)   other arrangements ( Tier 3 water sharing arrangements ), provided for in the Agreement, commence; and

  (b)   specify the conditions under which Tier 3 water sharing arrangements cease to apply and Tier 2 water sharing arrangements recommence.

  (2)   For the purposes of paragraph   (1)(a), the circumstances are:

  (a)   there are extreme and unprecedented low levels of water availability in the River Murray System; or

  (b)   there is extreme and unprecedented poor water quality in the water available in the River Murray System to meet critical human water needs; or

  (c)   there is an extremely high risk that water will not be available in the River Murray System to meet critical human water needs during the next 12 months.


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