Soil and Land Conservation Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1990 (WA)

17 August 1990] 4065

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA

Gazettes of 4 May and 22 June 1990.1

SOIL AND LAND CONSERVATION ACT 1945

SOIL AND LAND CONSERVATION AMENDMENT

REGULATIONS (No. 3) 1990

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.
Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the Soil and Land Conservation

Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1990.
Principal regulations

2. In these regulations the Soil and Land Conservation Regulations 1984* are

referred to as the principal regulations.

[*Published in the Gazette of 15 June 1984 at p. 1651. For amendments to 26
July 1990 see p. 348 of 1989 Index to Legislation of Western Australia and

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Regulation 5 inserted

3. The principal regulations are amended by inserting after regulation 4, the

following regulation—

Notice of drainage of saline water

" 5. (1) When an owner or occupier of land proposes to drain or pump water from on or under the land because of the salinity of the water and to discharge that water onto other land, into other water or into a water- course, the owner or occupier shall, at least 90 days before the drainage or pumping commences, notify the Commissioner in writing in the manner set forth in Schedule 4.

(2) A person who discharges water without having notified the Commis- sioner in accordance with subregulation (1) commits an offence.

Penalty: $1 000.

(3) On receiving a notice pursuant to subregulation (1), the Commissioner, if he is of the opinion that the discharge of the water may cause salinity in any other land or water, shall send a copy of the notice to any Public Authority or district committee that is or may be concerned with the salinity of that other land or water.

(4) This regulation shall cease to operate at the expiration of 12 months from the commencement of the Soil and Land Conservation Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1990. ".

Schedule 4 added

4. After Schedule 3 to the principal regulations, the following Schedule is

added—

" Schedule 4

(Regulation 5)

To: The Commissioner of Soil Conservation

Department of Agriculture
Baron-Hay Court

South Perth WA 6151

Notice of intention to drain or pump saline water from land

(full name, block letters)

of	(postal address)
propose to drain/pump saline water from about	hectares of
land in the municipality of being

(the land's title description)

and being km (N,S,E or W) of (siding

or townsite) and to discharge the water

(describe land, water, watercourse or lake onto or into which the water is to be discharged) as indicated on the plan below.

The drainage/pumping will commence on or about and will continue for	(period).
I am the owner/occupier/owner and occupier* of this land.
Signed	Date
* Delete as appropriate.

Plan

(Show the direction of north, the land to be drained, the title description of the land and adjoining locations, any adjacent public roads and where the water is to be discharged.)

(SPACE FOR PLAN)

By His Excellency's Command,

G. PEARCE, Clerk of the Council.