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Water Act 2000
sec.1065Application of sdiv 1
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### sec.1065 Application of sdiv 1
This subdivision applies to a dam that immediately before the commencement of this section contained hazardous waste.
To remove any doubt it is declared that on and from the commencement, the Environmental Protection Act 1994 applies to the dam.
If a licence was granted under section 43 of the repealed Act for the dam, on and from the commencement—
to the extent the licence relates to interfering with water in a watercourse, the licence is taken to be a water licence under chapter 2, part 6; and
to the extent the licence relates to works, the licence is taken to be a development permit; and
the conditions about the safety of the dam that applied to the licence are taken to be conditions of the environmental authority issued under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 or a development approval, if any, for the dam.
s 1065 amd 2001 No. 75 s 107 ; 2002 No. 45 s 31 (retro)
(sec.1065-ssec.1) This subdivision applies to a dam that immediately before the commencement of this section contained hazardous waste.
(sec.1065-ssec.2) To remove any doubt it is declared that on and from the commencement, the Environmental Protection Act 1994 applies to the dam.
(sec.1065-ssec.3) If a licence was granted under section 43 of the repealed Act for the dam, on and from the commencement— to the extent the licence relates to interfering with water in a watercourse, the licence is taken to be a water licence under chapter 2, part 6; and to the extent the licence relates to works, the licence is taken to be a development permit; and the conditions about the safety of the dam that applied to the licence are taken to be conditions of the environmental authority issued under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 or a development approval, if any, for the dam.
- (a) to the extent the licence relates to interfering with water in a watercourse, the licence is taken to be a water licence under chapter 2, part 6; and
- (b) to the extent the licence relates to works, the licence is taken to be a development permit; and
- (c) the conditions about the safety of the dam that applied to the licence are taken to be conditions of the environmental authority issued under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 or a development approval, if any, for the dam.