Water Management (General) Amendment (Floodplain) Regulation 2017 (NSW)

New South Wales

Water Management (General) Amendment

(Floodplain) Regulation 2017

under the

Water Management Act 2000

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Water Management Act 2000.

NIALL BLAIR, MLC

Minister for Regional Water

Explanatory note

purposes of the Water Management Act 2000.	The object of this Regulation is to declare certain land to be the Barwon-Darling Valley Floodplain for the regulation-making power) and the definition of floodplain in the Dictionary.
Water Management (General) Amendment (Floodplain) Regulation 2017
under the
Water Management Act 2000

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Water Management (General) Amendment (Floodplain)
Regulation 2017.

2      Commencement

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

Schedule 1 Amendment of Water Management (General)
Regulation 2011

[1]      Clause 226AA Land declared to be a floodplain

Omit clause 226AA (1). Insert instead:

(1)

For the purposes of the definition of floodplain in the Dictionary to the Act:

(a)	the land shown edged in heavy black on the map in Part 1 of Schedule 7A is declared to be the Gwydir Valley Floodplain, and
(b)	the land shown edged in heavy black on the map in Part 2 of Schedule 7A is declared to be the Barwon-Darling Valley Floodplain.

[2]      Schedule 7A Floodplains

Insert after Part 1:

Part 2 Barwon-Darling Valley Floodplain