Dams Safety Act 1978 Proclamation amending Act (1996-121) [GG No 46 of 12.4.1996] (NSW)

1996—No. 121

DAMS SAFETY ACT 1978—PROCLAMATION

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 46 of 12 April 1996]

(LS) G Samuels, Governor.

I, the Honourable Gordon Samuels AC, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 27 (1) of the Dams Safety Act 1978, do, by this my Proclamation, amend Schedule 1 (Prescribed dams) to that Act:

(a)

by inserting in Columns 1 and 2 of that Schedule, in alphabetical order of the names of dams, the following matter:

Bayswater 3 - MMPW1	Quarry Creek near Muswellbrook
El Klaros	Tributary of Cedar Creek near

Maitland

Hunter Valley Pit Water 14 Tributary of Farrells Creek near

Muswellbrook

Lake Tullimba	Head Station Creek near Armidale
Loyalty Road Retarding Basin	Darling Mills Creek near

Parramatta

Muirfield Golf Course Retarding	Muirfield Golf Course at North
Basin	Rocks
Research Station	Rifle Range Creek at Orange
Smiths Creek Retarding Basin 1	Smiths Creek near Campbelltown
Smiths Creek Retarding Basin 2	Smiths Creek near Campbelltown
Smiths Creek Retarding Basin 3	Smiths Creek near Campbelltown
Stratford Coal	Stratford Coal Project near

Gloucester

Wellington Bushrangers Creek near

Wellington

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(b)

by omitting from Columns 1 and 2 of that Schedule the following matter:

Browns Creek Tailings No. 3	Couriga Creek near Blayney
Peak Gold Mine Tailings	The Peak, Hillston Road, Cobar
Rangers Valley	Carn Creek near Deepwater
Winding Creek Retarding Basin 3	Winding Creek at Charlestown

near Newcastle

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 27th day of March 1996.

By His Excellency’s Command,

K. M. Yeadon

Minister for Land and Water Conservation.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Proclamation is to add to Schedule 1 to the Dams Safety Act 1978 certain dams which the Dams Safety Committee considers may present a safety hazard to life, property or the environment, and to omit from that Schedule those dams that the Committee considers no longer present such a hazard.

The Dams Safety Act 1978 enables the Committee to exercise certain powers i n relation to dams listed in that Schedule (eg the issuing of notices requiring work to be done in relation to the safety of a dam).