Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed Dams) Proclamation 2013 (NSW)

2013 No 576

New South Wales

Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed

Dams) Proclamation 2013

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 25th day of September 2013.

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, and
(c)	to change the location details of certain other prescribed dams.
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Clause 1	Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed Dams) Proclamation 2013

Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed Dams)

Proclamation 2013

under the

Dams Safety Act 1978

1      Name of Proclamation

This Proclamation is the Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed Dams)
Proclamation 2013.

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 2013

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:

Cobbora East Tailings	Minor tributary of Laheys Creek, Dunedoo
Cobbora Raw Water Dam 1	Minor tributary of Laheys Creek, Dunedoo
Cobbora West Tailings	Minor tributary of Laheys Creek, Dunedoo
East West Road	Valla Beach near Nambucca Heads
Elanora Country Club Main	Elanora Heights, Sydney
Hera Tailings	Near Nymagee, Cobar
Jordon Springs Village Lake	Jordan Springs near Penrith
Leewood Ponds	Mollee Creek, Narrabri
Mineral Hill Southern Tailings	Yarra Yarra Creek near Condobolin
Mineral Hill Tailings	Yarra Yarra Creek near Condobolin
Mt Boppy Gold Mine TSF	Mulga Creek, Canbelego
Werris Creek Void Water Dam 1	Unnamed watercourse near Werris Creek
Werris Creek Void Water Dam 3	Unnamed watercourse near Werris Creek
Werris Creek Void Water Dam 4	Unnamed watercourse near Werris Creek
Wilpinjong TD6	Mudgee
Woolandra West	Blackheath Creek, Dunedoo

[2]      Schedule 1

Omit the matter relating to Bobs Dump Tailings Dam, Drayton In-pit Long Term TSF, Drayton In-pit Temporary TSF, Gingko Sand Overburden Storage Facility, Glenlee Tailings, Lemington Mine Tailings Dam No 5, Moolarben Creek, Mt Thorley North Out of Pit Water, Mt Thorley 24 Ministrip, Pacific Palms and Triako Tailings.

[3]      Schedule 1

Omit “Muswellbrook” wherever occurring in Column 2 of the matter relating to Duralie Coal Auxiliary Dam 1, Duralie Coal Auxiliary Dam No 2 and Duralie Coal Mine Water.

Insert instead “Stroud”.