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Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
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### sec.352A Definitions for division
In this division—
approval period see section 352K (7) .
s 352A def approval period amd 2017 No. 11 s 13 (4)
approved emergency action plan means an emergency action plan that is approved under section 352I (1) (a) or taken to be an approved emergency action plan under section 352Q (2) .
chairperson means—
for a district group—the chairperson of the group under the Disaster Management Act; or
for a local group—the chairperson of the group under the Disaster Management Act.
s 352A def chairperson amd 2017 No. 11 s 13 (5)
dam failure hazard ...
s 352A def dam failure hazard om 2017 No. 11 s 13 (2)
dam hazard , for a dam, means a reasonably foreseeable situation or condition that may—
cause or contribute to the failure of the dam, if the failure may cause harm to persons or property; or
require an automatic or controlled release of water from the dam, if the release of the water may cause harm to persons or property.
s 352A def dam hazard ins 2017 No. 11 s 13 (3)
dam hazard event , for a dam, means an event arising from a dam hazard if—
persons or property may be harmed because of the event; and
a coordinated response involving 2 or more of the relevant entities mentioned in paragraphs (b) to (d) of the definition relevant entity is unlikely to be required to respond to the event; and
the event is not an emergency event.
s 352A def dam hazard event ins 2017 No. 11 s 13 (3)
disaster district see the Disaster Management Act , schedule.
disaster management plan , of a district group or local government, means the group’s or local government’s disaster management plan under the Disaster Management Act .
s 352A def disaster management plan sub 2017 No. 11 s 13 (2) – (3)
disaster management review report ...
s 352A def disaster management review report om 2017 No. 11 s 13 (2)
disaster management review response ...
s 352A def disaster management review response om 2017 No. 11 s 13 (2)
district group , for an emergency action plan, means a district group established under the Disaster Management Act , section 22 whose disaster district under that Act could, under the plan, be affected by a dam hazard.
s 352A def district group sub 2017 No. 11 s 13 (2) – (3)
downstream release hazard ...
s 352A def downstream release hazard om 2017 No. 11 s 13 (2)
emergency action plan means a plan that complies with section 352H .
emergency condition ...
s 352A def emergency condition om 2017 No. 11 s 13 (2)
emergency event , for a dam, means an event arising from a dam hazard if—
persons or property may be harmed because of the event; and
any of the following apply—
a coordinated response involving 2 or more of the relevant entities mentioned in paragraphs (b) to (d) of the definition relevant entity is likely to be required to respond to the event;
the event may arise because of a disaster situation declared under the Disaster Management Act ;
an entity performing functions under the State disaster management plan may, under that plan, require the owner of the dam to give the entity information about the event.
s 352A def emergency event sub 2017 No. 11 s 13 (2) – (3)
emergency event interim report see section 352U (2) (a) .
emergency event report see section 352T (2) .
emergency management chief executive means the chief executive of the department in which the Disaster Management Act is administered.
local disaster area , of a local group, means the area of the local group under the Disaster Management Act .
local disaster management plan ...
s 352A def local disaster management plan om 2017 No. 11 s 13 (2)
local group , for an emergency action plan, means a local group established under the Disaster Management Act , section 29 whose local government area could, under the plan, be affected by a dam hazard.
s 352A def local group sub 2017 No. 11 s 13 (2) – (3)
notice response see sections 352HB (4) and 352HC (3) .
s 352A def notice response ins 2017 No. 11 s 13 (3)
relevant disaster management group ...
s 352A def relevant disaster management group om 2017 No. 11 s 13 (2)
relevant district group ...
s 352A def relevant district group om 2017 No. 11 s 13 (2)
relevant entity , for a dam, means each of the following under the emergency action plan for the dam—
the persons who may be affected, or whose property may be affected, if a dam hazard event or emergency event were to happen for the dam;
the owners of parcels of farm land adjacent to the dam
residents of a township
each local group and district group for the emergency action plan;
each local government whose local government area may be affected if a dam hazard event or emergency event were to happen for the dam;
the chief executive;
another entity the owner of the dam considers appropriate.
the Queensland Police Service
s 352A def relevant entity ins 2017 No. 11 s 13 (3)
relevant local group ...
s 352A def relevant local group om 2017 No. 11 s 13 (2)
s 352A ins 2012 No. 29 s 28
amd 2017 No. 11 s 13
- (a) for a district group—the chairperson of the group under the Disaster Management Act; or
- (b) for a local group—the chairperson of the group under the Disaster Management Act.
- (a) cause or contribute to the failure of the dam, if the failure may cause harm to persons or property; or
- (b) require an automatic or controlled release of water from the dam, if the release of the water may cause harm to persons or property.
- (a) persons or property may be harmed because of the event; and
- (b) a coordinated response involving 2 or more of the relevant entities mentioned in paragraphs (b) to (d) of the definition relevant entity is unlikely to be required to respond to the event; and
- (c) the event is not an emergency event.
- (a) persons or property may be harmed because of the event; and
- (b) any of the following apply— (i) a coordinated response involving 2 or more of the relevant entities mentioned in paragraphs (b) to (d) of the definition relevant entity is likely to be required to respond to the event; (ii) the event may arise because of a disaster situation declared under the Disaster Management Act ; (iii) an entity performing functions under the State disaster management plan may, under that plan, require the owner of the dam to give the entity information about the event.
- (i) a coordinated response involving 2 or more of the relevant entities mentioned in paragraphs (b) to (d) of the definition relevant entity is likely to be required to respond to the event;
- (ii) the event may arise because of a disaster situation declared under the Disaster Management Act ;
- (iii) an entity performing functions under the State disaster management plan may, under that plan, require the owner of the dam to give the entity information about the event.
- (i) a coordinated response involving 2 or more of the relevant entities mentioned in paragraphs (b) to (d) of the definition relevant entity is likely to be required to respond to the event;
- (ii) the event may arise because of a disaster situation declared under the Disaster Management Act ;
- (iii) an entity performing functions under the State disaster management plan may, under that plan, require the owner of the dam to give the entity information about the event.
- (a) the persons who may be affected, or whose property may be affected, if a dam hazard event or emergency event were to happen for the dam; Examples for paragraph (a) — • the owners of parcels of farm land adjacent to the dam • residents of a township
- • the owners of parcels of farm land adjacent to the dam
- • residents of a township
- (b) each local group and district group for the emergency action plan;
- (ba) each local government whose local government area may be affected if a dam hazard event or emergency event were to happen for the dam;
- (c) the chief executive;
- (d) another entity the owner of the dam considers appropriate. Example for paragraph (d) — the Queensland Police Service
- • the owners of parcels of farm land adjacent to the dam
- • residents of a township