Basin Plan 2012

The Authority must establish and maintain a register of take for each SDL resource unit in accordance with this Part.

The purpose of the register of take is to assist with determining, for each water accounting period, whether there has been compliance with the long‑term annual diversion limit for an SDL resource unit and the extent of any failure to comply with that limit.

See section 4 of the Act for the meaning of long‑term annual diversion limit. Under the Basin Plan, the long‑term annual diversion limit is the same as the long‑term average sustainable diversion limit because the temporary diversion provision for each SDL resource unit is zero: see section 6.07.

For each surface water SDL resource unit, the register of take must include:

a debit column to record the amounts referred to in subsections 6.11(1) and (3); and

a credit column to record the amounts referred to in subsections 6.11(2) and (3); and

a cumulative balance column to record the amounts referred to in subsection 6.11(4).

For each groundwater SDL resource unit, the register of take must include a record of amounts for determining compliance, as set out in Division 3.

The register may also include any other matters the Authority considers relevant to determining whether there has been compliance with the long‑term annual diversion limit.

The register of take commences in the first water accounting period after 30 June 2019 following the commencement of a water resource plan.

When the register of take commences for a surface water SDL resource unit, it must record a cumulative balance of zero.

The Authority must publish the register of take on its website.