Dams Safety Act 1978 Proclamation amending Act (1999-70) [GG No 22 of 19.2.1999, p 740] (NSW)

1999 No 70

New South Wales

DAMS SAFETY ACT 1978-PROCLAMATION

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

Bengalla Mine Raw Water	Unnamed Creek, Bengalla, near Muswellbrook
Cecil Hills Retarding Basin	Hinchinbrook Creek, Cecil Wills
Cowarra	King’s Creek Tributary, near Port Macquarie
Fattorini Creek	Fattorini Creek, Kempsey
Gooden Reserve Retaining Basin	Model Farm Creek, Baulkham Hills
McKinnon’s Gold Project Tailings	Burdekin Resources, Cobar
Pasminco Broken Hill Site D Tailings	Pasminco Broken Hill Mine, Broken Hill

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 9th day of February 1999.

By His Excellency’s Command,

R S Amery

Minister for Land and Water Conservation

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Published in Gazette No 22 of 19 February 1999, page 740 Page 1

1999 No 70

Dams Safety Act 1978—Proclamation

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Proclamation is to add to Schedule 1 to the Dams Safety Act 1978 certain dams that the Dams Safety Committee considers may present a safety hazard to life, property or the environment.

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