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WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 18A Definitions

WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 18A

Definitions

    In this Act:

"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.

Note:   The Murray - Darling Basin Agreement operates as an agreement between the parties. The text of the Agreement is set out in Schedule   1, and as such it has further effect as provided for by this Act (for example, see sections   18E and 18F).

"Authority" means the Murray - Darling Basin Authority established by section   171.

"Basin Officials Committee" means the committee established under the Agreement.

"Murray-Darling Basin" means the area falling within the boundary described in the dataset that:

  (a)   is titled Murray - Darling Basin Boundary-- Water Act 2007 ; and

  (b)   has a dataset scale of 1:250,000; and

  (c)   specifies the boundary of the Murray - Darling drainage division derived from the dataset that is titled "Australia's River Basins 1997" and is dated 30   June 1997; and

  (d)   is held by the Commonwealth.

Note 1:   An indicative map of this area is set out in Schedule   1A.

Note 2:   A copy of the dataset can be obtained from the Department's website: see section   252A.

"Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council" has the same meaning as Ministerial Council in the Agreement.

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