Sydney Water Supply (Auxiliary) Act 1916 (NSW)

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Act No. 44, 191G.

An Act to sanction tlic' constmction of certain Avorks to augment tlie Sydney Adater supply system, and to vest the said Avorks in the iNIetro])olitan iHojird of W ater Supply and SeAverage under the Metropolitan tVater and SoAverago Acts, 1880-1916; to amend the Public A^orks Act, 1912 ; and for jAurposcs consequent thereon and incidental thereto, [Assented to, 4th October, 1916.] George v,

BE

Sydney Water Supply (Auxiliary) Act.

George V,	T 3 E it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty,
No. 44.	i l by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Council and Legi.slative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament a.ssemlded, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—
Short title.	1 . This Act may he cited as the “ Sydney Water Supply (Auxiliary) Act, 1916,” and shall he construed with the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Acts, 1880-1916.

W ork 2. The work described in the Schedule to this Act is

.sanctioned.	herehy sanctioned, and shall be deemed to be an anthorised work within the meaning of the Public "Works Act, 1912, hut the provisions of sections thirty- four, thirty-five, thirty-six and thirty-seven of that Act shall not apply to the said work, and the provisions of section tliirty-eight shall a}>ply to any contracts for carrying out such work.
The Minister for Public Works, or the member of the Executive Council for the time being performing the duties of tlic said Minister, is hereby authorised to undertake find carry out the said work, subject to the provisions of this Act, and for that purpose shall be and shall have the powers of a Constructing Authority within the meaning of the Public M^orks Act, 1912.

The plan. 3. The plan of the said work is the plan marked

“ Sydney "Water Supply (Auxiliary) Plan sliowing pro­ posed pipe line from Nepean River,” signed by the Minister for Public Works, and countersigned by the Engineer in Chief, Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage, and deposited in the public office of the said Alinister.

Cost, and

how to be 4. The cost of carrying out the said work, estimated

defrayed.	at one hundred and fifty-one thousand pounds (exclusive of land resumptions), may be defrayed from such Loan "V̂ otes as are now or may hereafter be applicable to the purpose, or from appropriations of the Public "Works Eund, or partly from such votes and partly from such appropriations, and shall not hinder any circumstances exceed the estimated cost by more than ten per centum.
Property vested

in Board of	5. On the completion of the said work the Governor
and Sewerage.

Water Suji]>ly shall forthwith notify the same in the Gazette, and upon such notification the property in the said work shall by

virtue

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virtue of tliis Act alone be vested in the Board of Tv'ater George V,

Sii])ply and SeAverage, and shall be held by such l)oard

No. 44.

under tlic provisions ol the IMetropolitan Abater and

Sewerage Acts, ISSO-IDIO.

S t ' I I l U i r L K .

Tliic (.'On.sti'uctioii of a lino of woml sra\ o pipos at i jut 1 1 inilo,, in lonptli fidiii tlio i . o w e r Nopoau llixci-, iioav t 'eni itli, to tlio I ’l'osjiool I t aoi'voir, togotlioi' u itli tlio iustal lat ion of a puinpingop]ant with a capaoi t \ ’ I'f aliout- l e , 000,000 pallons por da\' , \oitli all lu'ciosai v «orko in ooniiec' tion Ihcnov'itli. The h I i o Io t o ho .snhjoot to n i i c Ji allorai ioi is aiii! uioililioations as the Construct ing Au thor i t y may tliinlt lit.