Water Management (Safety of Dams) Regulations 2025
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(1) In these regulations –
Act means the Water Management Act 1999 ;
ANCOLD means the Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD) Inc.(ABN: 52 627 050 014);
ANCOLD guidelines means guidelines issued by ANCOLD;
authorised safety reviewer means a person declared under regulation 8 to be an authorised safety reviewer for the purposes of these regulations;
Class 1 competence see regulation 4 ;
Class 2 competence see regulation 5 ;
Class 3 competence see regulation 6 ;
Engineers Australia means The Institution of Engineers Australia - National Office (ABN 63 020 415 510);
expert team, in respect of an activity, means a team of persons which meets the requirements referred to in regulation 7 for that activity;
NOC report means a notice of completion report containing details of –
(a) actual site conditions and features encountered during construction of the dam and the works associated with the construction of the dam; and
(b) construction procedures used in the construction of the dam and the construction of the works associated with the construction of the dam; and
(c) details, including drawings, of the dam as constructed and the works, associated with the construction of the dam, as constructed;
relevant overseas engineering or science qualification, in relation to a person, means a qualification held by the person that is –