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This order may be cited as the Water Management (Dam Works Exemption) Order 2015 .
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Tasmania regulation
This order exempts certain small dam works from the operation of Part 8 of the Water Management Act 1999 if three conditions are met: the works are not on a watercourse, the dam holds under one megalitre, and no public or private infrastructure is within 100 metres downhill of the works (s4). It affects landowners, builders and regulators by removing Part 8 compliance for those projects and replacing it with site-level factual tests and departmental administration (s4; commencement linked to the amending Act at s2).
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Direct links to the current provisions in Water Management (Dam Works Exemption) Order 2015.
This order may be cited as the Water Management (Dam Works Exemption) Order 2015 .
This order takes effect on the day on which the Water Management Amendment (Dam Works) Act 2015 commences.
In this order –
infrastructure means any building or man-made structure and includes roads, drains and footpaths.
Dam works are exempt from the operation of Part 8 of the Water Management Act 1999 if –
(a) the dam works are not situated on a watercourse; and
(b) the dam works are undertaken for the construction, modification, repair or removal of a dam with a capacity of less than one megalitre; and
(c) there is no public or private infrastructure situated on land that is within 100 metres of, and downhill from, any part of the dam works.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 2 December 2015
This order is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment.
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
This order may be cited as the Water Management (Dam Works Exemption) Order 2015 .
This order takes effect on the day on which the Water Management Amendment (Dam Works) Act 2015 commences.
In this order –
infrastructure means any building or man-made structure and includes roads, drains and footpaths.
Dam works are exempt from the operation of Part 8 of the Water Management Act 1999 if –
(a) the dam works are not situated on a watercourse; and
(b) the dam works are undertaken for the construction, modification, repair or removal of a dam with a capacity of less than one megalitre; and
(c) there is no public or private infrastructure situated on land that is within 100 metres of, and downhill from, any part of the dam works.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 2 December 2015
This order is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment.