Clarence Harbour Works Act 1950 (NSW)

CLARENCE HARBOUR WORKS ACT.

Act No. 1, 1950 .

An Act to sanction and to provide for the carrying out of works for the Clarence Harbour; and for purposes connected there­ with. [Assented to, 24th March, 1950.]

BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­	Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of
the same, as follows :—
1. This Act may be cited as the "Clarence Harbour Works Act, 1950."
2. (1) (a) The carrying out of the work described in the Schedule to this Act is hereby sanctioned.
(b) The said work shall be deemed to be an authorised work within the meaning of the Public Works Act, 1912, as amended by subsequent Acts.
(c) The Minister for Public Works is empow­ ered to carry out the said work and shall be the construc­ ting authority for the same within the meaning of the said Act, as so amended, and shall enter into such con­ tracts and take all such necessary steps for the proper execution thereof as such authority may think proper.
of this section.

(d) The provisions of the Public Works Act,

1912, as amended by subsequent Acts, sections thirty-
four, thirty-five, thirty-six and thirty-seven excepted,
shall apply to and in respect of the said work.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub­ section one of this section the provisions of section thirty- eight of the Public Works Act, 1912, as amended by subsequent Acts, shall apply to and in respect of any contracts referred to in paragraph (c) of subsection one

3 . The plan of the said work is the plan marked " T h e Clarence Harbour Works" signed by the Minister for Public Works and countersigned by the Chief Engineer, Department of Public Works, and deposited in the public office of the said Minister.

4 . The cost of carrying out the said work (exclusive of land resumptions) is estimated at three million pounds and such estimated cost shall not, under any circum­ stances, be exceeded by more than ten per centum.

SCHEDULE.

Works for the Clarence Harbour comprising:—

(1) The construction of a northern breakwater, four thousand

two hundred feet long.

(2) The construction of an extension of the existing southern

breakwater, a distance of one thousand eight hundred feet
in an easterly direction.

( 3 ) The removal of the reef at the entrance to the Clarence

River.

(4) The removal of a training wall known as Moriarty's Wall.

(5) The dredging of the channels at the entrance to the

Clarence River.

( 3 ) Other incidental works as deemed necessary or desirable

by the constructing authority.

The whole of the works hereinbefore described to be subject to such modifications as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the

constructing authority.

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