(1) A long - term average sustainable diversion limit must reflect an environmentally sustainable level of take.
(2) A long - term average sustainable diversion limit may be specified:
(a) as a particular quantity of water per year; or
(b) as a formula or other method that may be used to calculate a quantity of water per year; or
(c) in any other way that the Authority determines to be appropriate.
Note: Sections 23A and 23B set out how a long - term average sustainable diversion limit may be adjusted.
(3) A reference in this section to a long - term average sustainable diversion limit is a reference to a long - term average sustainable diversion limit for:
(a) the Basin water resources; or
(b) the water resources of a particular water resource plan area; or
(c) a particular part of the water resources referred to in paragraph (b).