Pipeline Construction (Dalton to Canberra) Act 1980 (Cth)

Pipeline Construction (Dalton to Canberra) Act 1980

No. 21 of 1980

An Act to authorize the construction by the Pipeline Authority of a pipeline from Dalton in New South Wales to Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory

[Assented to 1 May 1980]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Pipeline Construction (Dalton to Canberra) Act 1980.

Commencement

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Authority to construct pipeline

3. (1) The Pipeline Authority shall construct a 273 millimetre diameter pipeline from Dalton in the State of New South Wales to Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory on the route described in the Schedule.

(2) The Pipeline Authority may make such deviations, not exceeding 1,000 metres on either side of the route described in the Schedule, as are, in its opinion, necessary or reasonable for the better construction and working of the pipeline.

(3) In this section, “pipeline” has the same meaning as in the Pipeline Authority Act 1973.

Estimated cost

4. The estimated cost of constructing the pipeline referred to in sub-section 3(1) is $7,500,000.

 

THE SCHEDULE Section 3

DESCRIPTION OF THE ROUTE OF THE PIPELINE

Commencing at a take-off point on the Moomba to Sydney natural gas pipeline situated about 2.1 km east of Dalton, New South Wales, 1132 km from Moomba, thence on a bearing of 234° for a distance of 2.0 km to a point on the Dalton-Gunning Road about 1.2 km south-east of Dalton, thence continuing on a bearing of 234° for a distance of 0.3 km, thence on a bearing of 161° for a distance of 2.5 km, thence on a bearing of 187° for a distance of 3.4 km to cross the Main Southern Railway about 7.5 km west of Gunning, thence continuing on a bearing of 187° for a distance of 0.4 km to cross the Hume Highway about 7.5 km west of Gunning, thence on a bearing of 188° for a distance of 6.3 km to a point on the Lade Vale-Berrebangalo Road 0.8 km north of Berrebangalo Homestead, thence on a bearing of 184° for a distance of 2.4 km, thence on a bearing of 174° for a distance of 6.1 km to a point adjacent to the Yass River about 0.7 km west of River View Homestead, thence on a bearing of 151° for a distance of 3.2 km, thence on a bearing of 171° for a distance of 8.4 km, thence on a bearing of 184° for a distance of 1.6 km to a point on Back Creek Road about 5.6 km west of Gundaroo, thence on a bearing of 181° for a distance of 2.0 km to a point on the Murrumbateman-Gundaroo Road about 1.0 km west of Balgriggan Homestead, thence on a bearing of 185° for a distance of 1.2 km, thence on a bearing of 197° for a distance of 4.2 km, thence on a bearing of 208° for a distance of 2.4 km to a point on Talagandra Road about 2.5 km east of Fernleigh Homestead, thence on a bearing of 199° for a distance of 3.2 km to a point on Gundaroo Road 0.4 km south-west of the Yarrowlumla-Goodradigbee Shire boundary, thence on a bearing of 183° for a distance of 1.7 km to a point on the New South Wales-Australian Capital Territory border, thence on a bearing of 181° for a distance of 4.2 km, thence on a bearing of 186° for a distance of 1.9 km to the Canberra custody transfer station site 0.2 km north-west of the Federal Highway and about 3.2 km north-east of the intersection of the Federal Highway and Stirling Avenue, Watson.