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This order may be cited as the Water Management (Dam Works Exemption) Order 2007 .
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Tasmania regulation
This order removes the need for a Part 8 permit for certain dam works on dams used primarily for hydro‑electric power (s 4, Sch 1). It covers routine repairs, maintenance, specified upgrades and urgent works that do not alter design, raise reservoir levels, rebuild the dam, cause serious environmental harm or increase risk to human life. The rule affects owners/operators of hydro‑electric dams by reducing permit costs and administrative delay while keeping environmental and safety limits as qualifying conditions.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Water Management (Dam Works Exemption) Order 2007.
This order may be cited as the Water Management (Dam Works Exemption) Order 2007 .
This order takes effect on 16 July 2007.
(1) In this order –
Act means the Water Management Act 1999 .
(2) An expression used in this order that is defined in the Act has the same meaning as so defined.
(3) The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if it were by-laws.
A permit under Part 8 of the Act is not required in respect of dam works of a type specified in Schedule 1 if they are for a dam that is –
(a) used primarily for hydro-electric power generation; or
(b) part of a water storage scheme that has, as its primary purpose, hydro-electric power generation.
1. Dam works for routine repairs &c.
Dam works that –
(a) are necessary to restore a dam's operational capacity or for its maintenance, routine repair, modification or upgrading; and
(b) do not –
(i) alter the functionality of the dam's design or its specifications; or
(ii) raise the full supply level of the associated reservoir; or
(iii) involve the rebuilding of the dam; or
(iv) cause environmental nuisance, material environmental harm or serious environmental harm; or
(v) increase any risk to human life.
2. Urgent dam works
Dam works that –
(a) are urgently required to prevent injury to any person or damage to any dam; and
(b) do not cause serious environmental harm.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 4 July 2007
This order is administered in the Department of Primary Industries and Water.
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This order may be cited as the Water Management (Dam Works Exemption) Order 2007 .
This order takes effect on 16 July 2007.
(1) In this order –
Act means the Water Management Act 1999 .
(2) An expression used in this order that is defined in the Act has the same meaning as so defined.
(3) The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if it were by-laws.
A permit under Part 8 of the Act is not required in respect of dam works of a type specified in Schedule 1 if they are for a dam that is –
(a) used primarily for hydro-electric power generation; or
(b) part of a water storage scheme that has, as its primary purpose, hydro-electric power generation.
Clause 4
1. Dam works for routine repairs &c.
Dam works that –
(a) are necessary to restore a dam's operational capacity or for its maintenance, routine repair, modification or upgrading; and
(b) do not –
(i) alter the functionality of the dam's design or its specifications; or
(ii) raise the full supply level of the associated reservoir; or
(iii) involve the rebuilding of the dam; or
(iv) cause environmental nuisance, material environmental harm or serious environmental harm; or
(v) increase any risk to human life.
2. Urgent dam works
Dam works that –
(a) are urgently required to prevent injury to any person or damage to any dam; and
(b) do not cause serious environmental harm.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 4 July 2007
This order is administered in the Department of Primary Industries and Water.