Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed Dams) Proclamation 2012 (NSW)

2012 No 602

New South Wales

Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed

Dams) Proclamation 2012

under the

Dams Safety Act 1978

MARIE BASHIR, Governor I, Professor Marie Bashir AC, CVO, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 27 of the Dams Safety Act 1978, make the following Proclamation.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 28th day of November 2012.

By Her Excellency’s Command,

KATRINA HODGKINSON, MP

Minister for Primary Industries

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Explanatory note

The objects of this Proclamation are:

(a)	to add the names and locations of certain dams to the list of prescribed dams in Schedule 1 to the Dams Safety Act 1978 to enable the Dams Safety Committee to exercise certain powers in relation to the dams (including issuing notices requiring things to be done to ensure the safety of the dams), and
(b)	to omit the names and locations of certain other dams from the list of prescribed dams to remove the prescribed status of the dams.
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Clause 1	Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed Dams) Proclamation 2012

Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed Dams)

Proclamation 2012

under the

Dams Safety Act 1978

1      Name of Proclamation

This Proclamation is the Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed Dams)
Proclamation 2012.

2      Commencement

This Proclamation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

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Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed Dams) Proclamation 2012

Amendment of Dams Safety Act 1978 No 96	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment of Dams Safety Act 1978 No 96

[1]      Schedule 1 Prescribed dams

Insert the following in alphabetical order of names of dams in Columns 1 and 2, respectively:

Amalfi Park Detention Basin	Brickmakers Creek, Lurnea
Beverley Job Park Detention Basin	South Lagoon Creek, Narraweena
Bulga Mine Water	Tributary of Loder Creek, Singleton
Chinamans	Sawpit Gully, Young
Edmondson Park Jardine Drive Basin 12	Cabramatta Creek, Edmondson Park
Freislichs	Homestead Creek, Fowlers Gap
Kempfield Tailings Storage Facility	Unnamed creek, Blayney
Spagnolos Road Detention Basin	Tributary of Coffs Creek, Coffs Harbour
Tomingley Residue Storage Facility	Near Gundong Creek, Narromine
Young Retirement Village Basin	Tributary of Big Spring Creek, Young

[2]      Schedule 1

Omit the matter relating to Hunter Valley Operations 6 Tailings, Huntley Colliery Washery Refuse No 2, Mt Owen Stage 5 Tailings, Orange Stormwater Harvesting, Piper’s Flat and Tillegra.