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Water Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012

Type
Government
Portfolio
Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
43

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Summary

Amends the Water Act 2007 to: enable the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to make adjustments to the long-term average sustainable diversion limit set by the Murray-Darling Basin Plan; and require the basin plan requirements for accreditation of water resource plans to include a requirement that water resource plans include a mechanism for incorporating and adjusting a relevant change in the limit for that water resource plan area.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 20 Sep 2012
Second reading moved 20 Sep 2012
Second reading debate 29 Oct 2012
Second reading debate 30 Oct 2012
Second reading agreed to 30 Oct 2012
Consideration in detail debate
  • Amendment details: 4 Government agreed to
 30 Oct 2012
Third reading agreed to 30 Oct 2012
Senate
Introduced and read a first time 19 Nov 2012
Second reading moved 19 Nov 2012
Second reading debate 20 Nov 2012
Second reading agreed to 20 Nov 2012
Committee of the Whole debate 20 Nov 2012
Committee of the Whole debate 21 Nov 2012
Third reading agreed to 21 Nov 2012
Assent
  • Act no.: 157
  • Year: 2012
 21 Nov 2012

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Notes

  • Referred to Committee (20/09/2012): House Standing Committee on Regional Australia; Committee report (10/10/2012)
  • Referred to Committee (11/10/2012): Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Committee report (19/11/2012)
  • An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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  • Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
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  • Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
  • Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

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