160By-laws

160 By-laws

S. 160(1) amended by No. 85/2006 s. 62(1).

(1) An Authority may make by-laws for or with respect to—

(a) the management, protection and use of all lands, waterways and works under the Authority's management and control; and

S. 160(1)(b) amended by No. 85/2006 s. 62(2) (as amended by No. 28/2007 s. 3(Sch. item 76)), repealed by No. 23/2019 s. 63.

S. 160(1)(c) substituted by No. 39/1996 s. 12(1).

(c) sanitary drainage plans held by water authorities, including—

(i) the lodging of plans of sanitary drains as they appear after they have been installed or altered; and

(ii) specifying the details that the plans must contain; and

(iii) the providing of the copies of the plans; and

(iv) fixing fees for the lodging, copying and viewing of the plans;

(d) (in the case of an Authority authorised by the Minister to do so) prescribing standards for any saline matter (whether in liquid form or not) that may be discharged—

(i) into works under its control; or

(ii) into any waterway; or

(iii) onto any place from which it may enter into—

(A) any works under the control of the Authority; or

(B) any waterway; or

(C) any aquifer; or

(D) any bore; and

(e) (in the case of an Authority authorised by the Minister to do so) regulating or prohibiting the clearing of land within 20 metres of a channel which is under the control of the Authority; and

(f) generally prescribing anything that is authorised or required to be prescribed by by-laws or that is necessary or convenient for performing the functions of the Authority under this Act.

(2) A power conferred by this Act to make by-laws may be exercised—

(a) either in relation to all cases to which the power extends, or in relation to all those cases subject to specified exceptions, or in relation to any specified case or class of case; and

(b) so as to make, as respects the cases in relation to which the power is exercised—

(i) the same provision for all cases in relation to which the power is exercised, or different provisions for different cases or classes of case, or different provisions for the same case or class of case for different purposes; or

(ii) any such provision either unconditionally or subject to any specified condition.

(3) By-laws made under this Act may be made—

(a) so as to apply—

(i) at all times or at a specified time; or

(ii) throughout the whole of the State or in a specified part of the State; or