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Queensland
LAKE EYRE BASIN
AGREEMENT BILL 2001
Queensland
LAKE EYRE BASIN AGREEMENT
BILL 2001
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Approval and ratification of agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Facilitation of agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
LAKE EYRE BASIN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
2001
A BILL
FOR
An Act to approve, ratify and facilitate the Lake Eyre Basin
intergovernmental agreement
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Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Bill 2001
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
1 Short title 2
This Act may be cited as the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Act 2001. 3
2 Definition 4
In this Act-- 5
"agreement" means the Lake Eyre Basin intergovernmental agreement, a 6
copy of which is set out in the schedule. 7
3 Approval and ratification of agreement 8
The agreement is approved and ratified. 9
4 Facilitation of agreement 10
The Minister and the State are authorised and required to do anything 11
reasonably necessary to ensure the performance and observance of the 12
agreement. 13
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SCHEDULE 1
LAKE EYRE BASIN INTERGOVERNMENTAL 2
AGREEMENT 3
section 3 4
LAKE EYRE BASIN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT 5
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AN AGREEMENT MADE THE 21ST DAY OF OCTOBER 2000 7
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BETWEEN: 9
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 11
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AND 13
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THE STATE OF QUEENSLAND 15
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AND 17
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THE STATE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA 19
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RECITALS: 21
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A. The Lake Eyre Basin has within its boundaries areas of national and 23
international ecological and environmental significance, areas of high 24
economic worth from activities such as pastoralism, tourism, oil and 25
gas extraction and mining, and areas of social, cultural and heritage 26
value, the sustainability of much of which depends upon the continued 27
health of the Thomson/Barcoo/Cooper, Georgina and Diamantina river 28
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systems within Queensland and South Australia (as defined in the 1
Australian National Map Drainage Divisions and Basins and including 2
their catchments, flood plains, lakes, wetlands and overflow channels). 3
B. Management of the Lake Eyre Basin which will best serve the object 4
of sustainability requires a joint cooperative approach between the 5
States of Queensland and South Australia and the Commonwealth. 6
C. The Parties to this Agreement entered into a Heads of Agreement dated 7
26 May 1997 whereby it was agreed that the above approach should be 8
embodied in a formal interstate Agreement ratified by the Parliaments 9
of each State. 10
D. This Agreement is entered into by the Parties in accordance with the 11
Lake Eyre Basin Heads of Agreement, and is to provide for the 12
establishment of arrangements for the management of water and 13
related natural resources for that portion of the Lake Eyre Basin 14
identified as the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area in Clause 1.1, 15
including the development or adoption, and implementation of agreed 16
Policies and Strategies for the avoidance of adverse cross-border 17
impacts and the creation of a relevant institutional structure. 18
E. This Agreement is also entered into in recognition of the provisions of 19
the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment dated 1 May 20
1992 between the Commonwealth, all States and Territories, and the 21
Australian Local Government Association, that States use their best 22
endeavours to establish appropriate mechanisms for ensuring 23
cooperative management where significant adverse external effects on 24
another State are expected and identified, and that the role of 25
government is to establish the policy, legislative and administrative 26
framework to determine the permissibility of land use, resource use or 27
development proposals having regard to the appropriate, efficient and 28
ecologically sustainable use of natural resources, and to provide for the 29
consideration of regional implications where proposals for the use of a 30
resource affect several jurisdictions. 31
F. The provisions of this Agreement are consistent with the Council of 32
Australian Governments' National Water Reform Framework and the 33
Natural Heritage Trust Partnership Agreements. 34
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THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS: 1
PART I-- APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION 2
3
Application 4
1.1 This Agreement applies to that area of the Lake Eyre Basin (the 5
Agreement Area) encompassing portions of Queensland and South 6
Australia, as depicted in Schedule 1 of this Agreement, including within 7
that area the following river systems and associated catchments, 8
floodplains, overflow channels, lakes, wetlands and sub-artesian waters 9
dependent on surface flows: 10
(a) the Cooper Creek system including the Thomson and Barcoo 11
Rivers, and associated tributaries; and 12
(b) the Diamantina River system, including the Georgina River, and 13
including Warburton Creek in South Australia, and associated 14
tributaries. 15
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Definitions 17
1.2 In this Agreement save where inconsistent with the context: 18
"Ecosystem" means a community of organisms, interacting with one 19
another, and the natural resources comprising the environment in 20
which those organisms live and with which they also interact. 21
"Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area" means the area referred to in 22
clause 1.1 to which the Agreement applies. 23
"Management Plan" means a plan or other document of a State that has 24
been adopted by the Ministerial Forum. 25
"Ministerial Forum" means the group of Ministers of the Crown in right 26
of the Commonwealth and the State parties constituted under Part V. 27
"Natural resources" means water, soil, the atmosphere, plants, animals 28
and micro-organisms that maintain and form components of 29
ecosystems. 30
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"Principles" means the guiding principles referred to in Part III. 1
"Policy" means a document setting out a course or line of action developed 2
or adopted and pursued by the Ministerial Forum for the purpose of 3
implementing this Agreement. 4
"Related natural resources" means natural resources the use or 5
management of which affects or might affect, or is or might be 6
affected by the quantity or quality of water in the water systems 7
described in clause 1.1 of this Agreement, or the ecosystems of which 8
such water is a component part. 9
"Strategy" means a document setting out a course or line of action 10
developed or adopted and pursued by the Ministerial Forum for the 11
purpose of implementing a Policy. 12
Interpretation 13
1.3 In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: 14
(a) a reference to any law or legislation or legislative provision 15
includes any statutory modification or re-enactment of, or 16
legislative provision substituted for, and any subordinate 17
legislation issued under, that legislation or legislative provision; 18
(b) a reference to a Recital, Clause or Schedule is to a recital, clause 19
or schedule in this Agreement; 20
(c) a reference to a person includes a corporation, partnership, joint 21
venture, association, authority, trust, state or government; 22
(d) the singular includes the plural and vice versa 23
(e) a reference to any gender includes the other gender; 24
(f) a reference to any agreement or document is to that agreement or 25
document (and, where applicable, any of its provisions) as 26
amended, novated, supplemented or replaced from time to time; 27
and 28
(g) a reference to "amendment" includes addition, alteration, 29
deletion, extension, modification and variation. 30
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1.4 In this Agreement, headings are for convenience of reference only 1
and do not affect interpretation. 2
3
1.5 In the interpretation of a provision of this Agreement, a construction 4
that would promote the purpose or object underlying the Agreement 5
(whether or not that purpose or object is expressly stated in the Agreement) 6
will be preferred to a construction that would not promote that purpose or 7
object. 8
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1.6 Questions of interpretation of this Agreement are to be raised in the 10
Ministerial Forum. 11
PART II--PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES 12
Purpose 13
2.1 The purpose of this Agreement is to provide for the development or 14
adoption, and implementation of Policies and Strategies concerning water 15
and related natural resources in the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area to 16
avoid or eliminate so far as reasonably practicable adverse cross-border 17
impacts. 18
Objectives 19
2.2 The objectives of this Agreement are: 20
(a) to provide a means for the Parties to come together in good faith 21
to achieve the purposes of the Agreement; 22
(b) to define a process and context for raising and addressing water 23
and related natural resource management issues in the Lake Eyre 24
Basin Agreement Area that have cross-border impacts, 25
particularly those related to water quantity and quality, and flow 26
regimes; 27
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(c) to establish institutional arrangements for the development or 1
adoption of Policies and Strategies and for the adoption of any 2
relevant management plans established by a State; 3
(d) to provide for each of the Parties, so far as they are able within 4
their respective jurisdictions, to progress the implementation of 5
Policies and Strategies developed or adopted under this 6
Agreement and to make management decisions and allocate 7
resources accordingly; 8
(e) to provide a mechanism to review Policies and Strategies; 9
(f) to provide for the Parties to jointly promote and support the 10
management of water and related natural resources through a 11
cooperative approach between community, industry and other 12
stakeholders, and all levels of government in the sustainable 13
management of the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area; 14
(g) to encourage, promote and support water and related resource 15
management practices which are compatible with the spirit and 16
intent of the Agreement; 17
(h) to encourage and promote research and monitoring to improve 18
understanding and support informed decision making in the Lake 19
Eyre Basin Agreement Area; 20
(i) to provide for the review and, if necessary, revision of the 21
Agreement from time to time; and 22
(j) to raise general public awareness of the special biodiversity and 23
heritage values of the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area. 24
PART III--GUIDING PRINCIPLES 25
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3.1 Consideration of all issues and the making of all decisions under this 27
Agreement will be guided by the following Principles, namely that it be 28
acknowledged: 29
(a) that the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area has important social, 30
environmental, economic and cultural values which need to be 31
conserved and promoted; 32
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(b) that there are landscapes and watercourses in the Lake Eyre 1
Basin Agreement Area that are valuable for aesthetic, wilderness, 2
cultural and tourism purposes; 3
(c) that naturally variable flow regimes and the maintenance of water 4
quality are fundamental to the health of the aquatic ecosystems in 5
the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area; 6
(d) that the water requirements for ecological processes, biodiversity 7
and ecologically significant areas within the Lake Eyre Basin 8
Agreement Area should be maintained, especially by means of 9
flow variability and seasonality; 10
(e) that flooding throughout the catchments within the Lake Eyre 11
Basin Agreement Area is beneficial in that it makes a significant 12
contribution to pastoral activities as well as flood plain 13
ecosystem processes; 14
(f) that the storage and use of water both within and away from 15
watercourses, and the storage and use of water from associated 16
ground water, are all linked and should be considered together, 17
and that water resources throughout catchments within the Lake 18
Eyre Basin Agreement Area should be managed on an integrated 19
basis; 20
(g) that precautionary approaches need to be taken so as to minimise 21
the impact on known environmental attributes, and reduce the 22
possibility of affecting poorly understood ecological functions; 23
(h) that natural resource management decisions need to be made 24
within the context of the National Strategy for Ecologically 25
Sustainable Development and relevant national and international 26
obligations; 27
(i) that the collective local knowledge and experience of the Lake 28
Eyre Basin Agreement Area communities are of significant 29
value; and 30
(j) that decisions need to be based on the best available scientific 31
and technical information together with the collective local 32
knowledge and experience of communities within the Lake Eyre 33
Basin Agreement Area. 34
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SCHEDULE (continued)
PART IV--ROLES OF THE PARTIES 1
Responsibilities and Interests of all Parties 2
4.1 The following will guide the Parties in defining the roles, 3
responsibilities and interests of the Parties in relation to the achievement of 4
the objectives of this Agreement. 5
Responsibilities and Interests of the Commonwealth 6
4.2 The responsibilities and interests of the Commonwealth in 7
safeguarding and accommodating matters of national interest include 8
ensuring that the policies or practices of a State that affect or might affect 9
the water and related natural resources to which this Agreement applies, do 10
not result in significant adverse external effects in relation to another State. 11
4.3 When considering its responsibilities and interests under Clause 4.2 12
the Commonwealth will have regard to the role of the States in dealing with 13
significant adverse external effects in accordance with the requirements of 14
the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment, and any action 15
taken pursuant to that Agreement. 16
4.4 The Commonwealth will monitor the activities of the States in the 17
Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area to ensure Australia meets its 18
international obligations in accordance with the Intergovernmental 19
Agreement on the Environment. 20
4.5 The Commonwealth has responsibility for the management 21
(including operational policy) of natural resources on land which the 22
Commonwealth owns or which it occupies for its own use. 23
4.6 The Commonwealth will ensure that matters of national interest 24
relating to environmental protection, sustainable agriculture and water and 25
related natural resources management in the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement 26
Area are appropriately addressed in consultation with the States. 27
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4.7 The Commonwealth will consult with the States as required by the 1
Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment prior to entry into any 2
international agreement which may directly impact on the Lake Eyre Basin 3
Agreement Area. 4
Responsibilities and Interests of the States 5
4.8 Each State will continue to have responsibility for the development 6
and implementation of policy in relation to matters concerning the Lake 7
Eyre Basin Agreement Area which have no significant effects on the water 8
and related natural resources of the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area. 9
4.9 Each State will continue to have responsibility for its policy 10
formulation and the administration of its legislation relevant to water and 11
related natural resource management within the Lake Eyre Basin 12
Agreement Area, but in so doing will, to the fullest extent that it is able, 13
comply with this Agreement and any applicable Policies and Strategies 14
developed or adopted under it. Further, to the extent that may be necessary, 15
each State will use its best endeavours to secure the passage through its 16
respective Parliament of legislation for the purpose of conforming with and 17
implementing this Agreement and any such Policies and Strategies. 18
4.10 Each State will assist in the encouragement and promotion of 19
research and monitoring to facilitate informed decision making for the 20
Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area, and the sharing of access to the results 21
of such research and monitoring so far as either State may control such 22
access. 23
4.11 Each State will consult with and involve Local Government (where 24
relevant) in the implementation of this Agreement and the Policies and 25
Strategies developed or adopted under it to the extent that State statutes and 26
administrative arrangements authorise or delegate relevant responsibilities 27
to Local Government, and in a manner which reflects the concept of 28
partnership between the Commonwealth, State and Local Governments. 29
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PART V--INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE 1
Constitution of the Ministerial Forum 2
5.1 The Ministerial Forum is constituted. 3
5.2 The Ministerial Forum will consist of one Minister from each State 4
and one Minister of the Commonwealth. Each Party will appoint its 5
Minister from time to time, by notice in writing to each other Party. 6
5.3 Whenever a member of the Ministerial Forum is: 7
(a) unable for any reason to attend a meeting of the Ministerial 8
Forum; or 9
(b) otherwise unable to perform the duties of a member of the 10
Ministerial Forum, 11
another Minister of that State or the Commonwealth will be appointed to 12
act in the place of that member, and while so acting that other Minister will 13
have all the responsibilities and perform all the duties of that member. 14
Procedures of the Ministerial Forum 15
5.4 The Ministerial Forum will meet at least once in each year but 16
otherwise at such times as it sees fit and will, subject to this Agreement, 17
determine its own procedure. 18
5.5 A resolution before the Ministerial Forum will be carried only by a 19
unanimous vote. 20
5.6 The Commonwealth Minister will act as the chair of the Ministerial 21
Forum. 22
5.7 A permanent record of all resolutions of the Ministerial Forum will be 23
kept. 24
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Functions of the Ministerial Forum 1
5.8 The Ministerial Forum will be responsible for the implementation of 2
this Agreement. 3
Community Advice and Representation 4
5.9 The Ministerial Forum will ensure that it has satisfactory access to 5
community advice in relation to matters relevant to this Agreement. 6
5.10 For that purpose the Ministerial Forum may either: 7
5.10.1 adopt one or more independently formed groups, committees 8
or bodies to provide community advice representation and 9
feedback; or 10
5.10.2 appoint the members of a committee to perform that function. 11
5.11 Whichever means of access to community advice the Ministerial 12
Forum selects the following will apply: 13
5.11.1 There will be appropriate representation of: 14
(a) Aboriginal interests; 15
(b) pastoral interests; 16
(c) agricultural interests; 17
(d) mining and petroleum interests; 18
(e) conservation interests; 19
(f) tourism interests; 20
(g) matters and interests affecting the Cooper Creek River 21
system as referred to in clause 1.1 of this Agreement; and 22
(h) matters and interests affecting the Diamantina River system 23
as referred to in clause 1.1 of this Agreement; and 24
5.11.2 The following roles will be satisfactorily performed: 25
(a) representation of the various interests referred to in sub- 26
clause 5.11.1; 27
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(b) the seeking out of community views relevant to matters 1
covered by this Agreement and the communication of those 2
views to the Ministerial Forum; 3
(c) the communication of decisions and initiatives of the 4
Ministerial Forum to the various communities; and 5
(d) the performance of such other functions relevant to this 6
Agreement as the Ministerial Forum may require. 7
5.12 This clause will apply if the Ministerial Forum chooses to adopt one 8
or more independently formed groups, committees or bodies to provide 9
advice representation and feedback. 10
(a) Subject to the availability of funds under Part XI of this 11
Agreement, the independently formed groups committees and 12
bodies will receive such allowances and expenses as the 13
Ministerial Forum may from time to time determine, such 14
payments to be disbursed or divided amongst individual 15
members in such manner as those groups committees or bodies 16
may themselves decide. 17
(b) The Ministerial Forum may at any time determine that any one or 18
more or all of the adopted groups committees or bodies will 19
cease to be its provider of community advice, representation and 20
feedback provided however that the Ministerial Forum will 21
within a reasonable time (and in any event before any relevant 22
significant decisions are made) replace that source of community 23
advice in accordance with this Agreement. 24
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5.13 This clause will apply if the Ministerial Forum chooses to appoint a 26
committee to provide community advice, representation and feedback. 27
(a) Each member will be appointed by the Ministerial Forum. 28
(b) In appointing members to represent Aboriginal interests the 29
Ministerial Forum will have regard, as a fundamental element of 30
its decisions, to such recommendations as the Aboriginal 31
communities of the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area may 32
choose to make. 33
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(c) The Ministerial Forum may appoint members of the committee 1
from time to time to fill vacancies. 2
(d) The Ministerial Forum may at any time appoint to the committee 3
such additional members as it thinks fit. 4
(e) The appointment of members of the committee will be for a 5
period of three years from the date of each appointment provided 6
however that members will be eligible for re-appointment for 7
such terms from time to time as the Ministerial Forum thinks 8
appropriate. 9
(f) Subject to the availability of funds under Part XI of this 10
Agreement, a member of the committee will receive such 11
allowances and expenses as the Ministerial Forum may from 12
time to time determine. 13
(g) The Ministerial Forum may at any time terminate the 14
appointment of individual members or disband the committee: 15
(i) if of the opinion that the member or members or the 16
committee is or are no longer substantially representing the 17
interests or matters in respect of which the member or 18
members or the committee as the case may be was or were 19
appointed; or 20
(ii) for such reason as the Ministerial Forum considers 21
appropriate, provided however that the Ministerial Forum 22
will within a reasonable time (and in any event before any 23
relevant significant decisions are made) appoint or re- 24
appoint members of the committee in accordance with this 25
Agreement, or, if the whole committee has been disbanded, 26
replace that source of community advice in accordance with 27
this Agreement. 28
(h) The Ministerial Forum may appoint to the committee the 29
individual members of a group, committee or body 30
independently formed. To the extent that may be necessary to 31
satisfy the requirements of this Agreement, the Ministerial 32
Forum will appoint additional members. 33
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PART VI --CONFERENCE 1
6.1 The Ministerial Forum may from time to time arrange a conference to 2
be attended by the members of the Ministerial Forum, members of 3
committees appointed or adopted under this Agreement and of other 4
interested groups, interested individuals, scientific and technical advisers 5
and senior government officers. 6
6.2 There will be a conference at least once before the second anniversary 7
of the effective date of this Agreement and thereafter on at least a biennial 8
basis. 9
6.3 The purpose of such conferences will be to exchange information and 10
views on issues relevant to the operation of this Agreement. 11
PART VII--SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ADVICE 12
7.1 The Ministerial Forum may seek scientific and technical advice 13
relevant to this Agreement from such persons or bodies as it thinks 14
appropriate. In particular, the Ministerial Forum may obtain scientific and/ 15
or technical advice in relation to the identification of requirements for the 16
effective monitoring of the condition of the rivers and catchments within 17
the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area and the establishment of programs to 18
meet those requirements. 19
7.2 The Ministerial Forum may if it thinks appropriate, establish a panel 20
of scientists and technicians for the purpose of providing advice to the 21
Ministerial Forum relevant to this Agreement. 22
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PART VIII--POLICIES AND STRATEGIES 1
8.1 The Ministerial Forum will, without unnecessary delay, develop or 2
adopt Policies and Strategies for the management of the Lake Eyre Basin 3
Agreement Area in accordance with the purpose, objectives and Principles 4
set out in this Agreement. 5
8.2 The Ministerial Forum may vary or revoke such Policies and 6
Strategies, and may make supplementary Policies and Strategies. 7
8.3 The Ministerial Forum may adopt management plans prepared by the 8
States if those plans are consistent with this Agreement and with the 9
Policies developed or adopted by the Ministerial Forum for the 10
management of the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area, and once adopted, 11
such management plans prepared by the States will be treated as plans of 12
the Ministerial Forum under this Agreement. 13
Content of Policies and Strategies 14
8.4 The Policies and Strategies will make provision for such matters as 15
the Ministerial Forum thinks fit, including but not limited to: 16
(a) objectives for water quality and river flows; 17
(b) objectives for water and related natural resource management in 18
the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area for the achievement of the 19
water quality and river flow objectives; 20
(c) catchment management policies and strategies for the 21
achievement, as far as practicable, of the water quality and river 22
flow objectives; 23
(d) policies for dealing with relevant existing entitlements under 24
State laws and significant water related developments; and 25
(e) research and monitoring requirements and programs to meet 26
those requirements. 27
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PART IX--RATIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE 1
9.1 This Agreement, other than Part IX, is subject to approval and 2
ratification by the Parliaments of South Australia and Queensland and will 3
come into effect when so approved and ratified by the Parliaments of both 4
States. 5
9.2 Any amendment of this Agreement, including the addition or 6
amendment of a Schedule approved by the Ministerial Forum under 7
clause 10 or 12, is subject to approval and ratification by the Parliaments of 8
South Australia and Queensland and will come into effect when so 9
approved and ratified. 10
9.3 Each State will take all practical steps to seek the enactment of 11
legislation: 12
(a) approving and ratifying this Agreement, and any amendment to 13
this Agreement which may be approved by the Ministerial Forum 14
from time to time, on behalf of the State; and 15
(b) authorising and requiring the performance and observance of this 16
Agreement by the Government of the State. 17
PART X--REVIEW AND AMENDMENT 18
Review 19
10.1 The Ministerial Forum must cause a review of: 20
(a) the operation of this Agreement; and 21
(b) the extent to which the objectives set out in Clause 2.2 of this 22
Agreement have been achieved, 23
to be undertaken without unnecessary delay after the fifth anniversary of 24
the effective date of this Agreement, and thereafter on a ten yearly basis. 25
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10.2 A report of each review required under clause 10.1 is to be tabled in 1
the Parliament of each State and presented to the Commonwealth Minister 2
within 12 months after completion of it. 3
10.3 The Ministerial Forum must cause a review of all Policies and 4
Strategies to be undertaken without unnecessary delay after the fifth 5
anniversary of the development or adoption of them, and thereafter as 6
necessary but in any event not less frequently than every ten years. 7
10.4 The Ministerial Forum must cause a review of the condition of all 8
watercourses and catchments within the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area 9
to be undertaken without unnecessary delay after the effective date of this 10
Agreement, and thereafter on a ten yearly basis. 11
Amendment 12
10.5 The Ministerial Forum may approve such amendments to this 13
Agreement, including amendments to or addition of schedules to this 14
Agreement, as the Ministerial Forum considers desirable from time to time. 15
PART XI--FUNDING AND ACCOUNTABILITY 16
ARRANGEMENTS 17
11.1 Subject to the availability of respective appropriations, the 18
Commonwealth and the States will make available all necessary financial 19
and other resources for the establishment and operation of the Ministerial 20
Forum and associated institutional arrangements. 21
11.2 The Commonwealth and the States will determine and agree 22
appropriate cost-sharing arrangements which reflect their respective roles 23
and responsibilities under this Agreement. 24
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11.3 Any group committee or body appointed or adopted under Part V and 1
which receives funding under this Agreement will produce to the 2
Ministerial Forum in respect of each financial year a full account of its 3
application of all funds received by it together with a report of its activities 4
towards which such funding has been applied. 5
PART XII--FURTHER PARTIES 6
Accession by New Parties 7
12.1 The State of New South Wales and the Northern Territory may 8
become parties to this Agreement: 9
(a) with the consent of the existing Parties; and 10
(b) on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the 11
existing Parties in a Schedule to this Agreement. 12
12.2 The Ministerial Forum may approve any Schedule prepared pursuant 13
to Clause 12.1(b). 14
12.3 This Agreement will not apply to the State of New South Wales or the 15
Northern Territory until: 16
(a) a copy of the Agreement incorporating the Schedule provided for 17
in Paragraph 12.1(b) has been signed on behalf of that State or 18
Territory and the Parliament of that State or Territory has 19
approved this Agreement, including the Schedule; and 20
(b) the Schedule has been approved and ratified by the States under 21
Part IX. 22
12.4 Each State will take the steps referred to in Part IX for the approval 23
and ratification of any schedule approved by the Ministerial Forum under 24
this clause. 25
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PART XIII--GENERAL 1
Counterparts 2
13. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and 3
all of those counterparts taken together constitute one and the same 4
instrument. 5
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SCHEDULE (continued)
Signed by The Minister for the ) 1
) 2
Environment and Heritage of the Commonwealth ) Robert Hill (sgd) 3
) ............................... 4
this 13th day of October 2000 ) 5
6
in the presence of 7
8
B.A. Huppatz (sgd) 9
...................................................... 10
Witness 11
12
13
Signed by The Minister for Environment ) 14
) 15
and Heritage and Natural Resources of ) Rod Welford (sgd) 16
) ............................... 17
the State of Queensland ) 18
) 19
this 21st day of October 2000 ) 20
21
in the presence of 22
23
D. Blesing (sgd) 24
...................................................... 25
Witness 26
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SCHEDULE (continued)
The Common Seal of ) 1
) (seal affixed) 2
Minister for Water Resources ) Mark Brindal (sgd) 3
) ............................... 4
of the State of South Australia ) 5
) 6
affixed this 21st day of October 2000 ) 7
8
in the presence of 9
10
D. Blesing (sgd) 11
...................................................... 12
Witness 13
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Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Bill 2001
SCHEDULE (continued)
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© State of Queensland 2001
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