Murray-Darling Basin Agreement (Schedule D - Tagging Entitlements for Extraction in another State) Protocol 2010 (Cth)

Murray-Darling Basin Agreement (Schedule D —Tagging Entitlements for Extraction in another State) Protocol 20101

The MURRAY-DARLING BASIN AUTHORITY, in consultation with the Basin Officials Committee and having considered the advice, if any, given by each person nominated by a Contracting Government under subclause 6 (3) of Schedule D to the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement, makes the following Protocol under clause 6 of Schedule D to that Agreement and section 18E of the Water Act 2007.

I, ROB FREEMAN, Chief Executive of the MURRAY-DARLING BASIN AUTHORITY, authenticate that the Authority validly made the following Protocol on 30 August 2010.

ROB FREEMAN

Chief Executive

7 September 2010

Contents

1 Name of Protocol 2 Commencement 3 Revocation 4 Application 5 Definitions 6 Notices 7 Processes and principles 8 Accounting for use of tagged allocations 9 Review of Protocol

Schedule 1 Processes and principles

Schedule 2 Processes – accounting for tagged allocations

1 Name of Protocol

This Protocol is the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement (Schedule D —Tagging Entitlements for Extraction in another State) Protocol 2010.

Note This Protocol deals with matters referred to in paragraph 6 (1) (f) of Schedule D to the Agreement.

2 Commencement

This Protocol commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Revocation

(1) All protocols made under paragraph 6 (1) (f) of Schedule D to the Agreement before 1 December 2009 that apply only to interstate tagged trade of entitlements are revoked.

(2) A protocol made under paragraph 6 (1) (f) of Schedule D to the Agreement before the commencement of this Protocol that deals with: (a) interstate tagged trade of entitlements; and (b) other matters; has no application to the extent that it deals with interstate tagged trade of entitlements.

4 Application