Water Management (Dam Works Exemption) Order 2015

Water Management (Dam Works Exemption) Order 2015

I make the following order under section 140(1) of the Water Management Act 1999 .

JEREMY ROCKLIFF

Minister for Primary Industries and Water

1.   Short title

This order may be cited as the Water Management (Dam Works Exemption) Order 2015 .

2.   Commencement

This order takes effect on the day on which the Water Management Amendment (Dam Works) Act 2015 commences.

3.   Interpretation

In this order –

infrastructure means any building or man-made structure and includes roads, drains and footpaths.

4.   Exemption and reporting requirement

Dam works are exempt from the operation of Part 8 of the Water Management Act 1999 if –

(a) the dam works are not situated on a watercourse; and

(b) the dam works are undertaken for the construction, modification, repair or removal of a dam with a capacity of less than one megalitre; and

(c) there is no public or private infrastructure situated on land that is within 100 metres of, and downhill from, any part of the dam works.

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

Notified in the Gazette on 2 December 2015

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