Dams Safety Regulation 2019
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5 Preliminary assessment
5 Preliminary assessment
(1) Dams Safety NSW may direct the owner of a dam or a proposed dam to conduct a preliminary assessment of the dam to determine whether it is of a class that may be declared to be a declared dam.
(2) The direction may specify the following—
(a) the manner in which the assessment is to be carried out,
(b) the form in which a report setting the result of the assessment is to be provided to Dams Safety NSW,
(c) the time in which the assessment is to be completed and the report provided.
(3) An owner of a dam or a proposed dam who is given a direction must comply with the direction.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.