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2010-2011-2012

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

THE SENATE

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

(Amendment to be moved by the Leader of the Nationals in the Senate, Senator Joyce in committee of the whole)

( 1 )     Schedule 1 , item 10 , page 9 (after line 35) , after section 23B , insert:

23C  Achievement of reductions in long-term average sustainable diversion limit

                   Any reduction in the long-term average sustainable diversion limit for the water resources of a particular water resource plan area may only be achieved through the purchase of water access rights if the purchase of those rights will not cause apparent social or economic detriment to the district in the Murray-Darling Basin from which the water is retrieved.

[protection of communities]