Water (Accredited Water Resource Plan—Macquarie-Castlereagh) Instrument 2024 I, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, make the following instrument. Dated 17 June 2024 Tanya Plibersek Minister for the Environment and Water Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Accredited water resource plan 1 Name This instrument is the Water (Accredited Water Resource Plan—Macquarie-Castlereagh) Instrument 2024. 2 Commencement This instrument commences the day after it is registered. 3 Authority This instrument is made under section 63 of the Water Act 2007. 4 Definitions Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 4 of the Act, including the following: (a) Authority; (b) Basin Plan; (c) water resource plan; (d) water resource plan area. In this instrument: Act means the Water Act 2007. 5 Accredited water resource plan (1) For the purposes of subparagraph 63(5)(b)(i) of the Act, the proposed water resource plan for the Macquarie-Castlereagh water resource plan area specified in subsection (2) is accredited. (2) The plan is the document titled Macquarie-Castlereagh Surface Water Resource Plan as in force on the day that this instrument is made, excluding any material identified as not forming part of the plan. Note 1: The plan could in 2024 be accessed on the Authority website at www.mdba.gov.au. Note 2: The plan meets the requirements that a water resource plan for a water resource plan area must comply with to be accredited: see table item 11 of subsection 22(1) of the Act and Chapter 10 of the Basin Plan. Note 3: The accreditation of the plan ceases to have effect in accordance with the Act: see sections 54 and 64.