Water Management (Dam Works Exemption) Amendment Order 2007


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Water Management (Dam Works Exemption) Amendment Order 2007

I make the following order under section 137(2) of the Water Management Act 1999 .

22 February 2007

D. E. LLEWELLYN

Minister for Primary Industries and Water

1.   Short title

This order may be cited as the Water Management (Dam Works Exemption) Amendment Order 2007 .

2.   Commencement

This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Order

In this order, the Water Management (Dam Works Exemption) Order 2005 is referred to as the Principal Order.

4.    Clause 4 amended (Permit not required for certain dam works)

Clause 4(1) of the Principal Order is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (h) "valves." and substituting "valves;";
(b) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (h) :
(i) to install a structure or device to measure the flow of water in a watercourse.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 28 February 2007

This order is administered in the Department of Primary Industries and Water.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the order)

This order amends the Water Management (Dam Works Exemption) Order 2005 by providing that a permit for dam works under Part 8 of the Water Management Act 1999 is not required for the installation of a structure or device measuring the flow of water in a watercourse.