24Independent competent persons must review work involving dam design

24 Independent competent persons must review work involving dam design

24 Independent competent persons must review work involving dam design

(1) The owner of an extreme or high consequence dam, other than a high C consequence dam, must ensure that relevant design work for the dam is reviewed by a panel of at least 2 independent competent persons.

(2) The owner of a high C consequence dam must ensure that relevant design work for the dam is reviewed by an independent competent person.

(3) In this clause—

independent competent person for a review of work means a person who—

(a) has not been involved in the work, and

(b) is independent of each person who has carried out the work.

relevant design work for a dam means—

(a) work involving designing the dam, or

(b) work involving designing a major modification to the dam.

cl 24: Subst 2022 (331), Sch 1[13].