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DAMS SAFETY ACT 1978 - NOTES

- As at 16 December 2011 - Act 96 of 1978

Reprint history:

Reprint No 1   16 September 1982  
Reprint No 2   31 July 1986  
Reprint No 3   20 July 1992  
Reprint No 4   18 March 1997  
Reprint No 5   30 August 2005  

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am amended LW legislation website Sch Schedule
Cl clause No number Schs Schedules
Cll clauses p page Sec section
Div Division pp pages Secs sections
Divs Divisions Reg Regulation Subdiv Subdivision
GG Government Gazette Regs Regulations Subdivs Subdivisions
Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted

Table of amending instruments

Dams Safety Act 1978 No 96. Assented to 13.12.1978. Date of commencement of secs 1 and 2, assent, sec 2 (1); date of commencement (secs 1 and 2 excepted), 31.1.1979, sec 2 and GG No 12 of 19.1.1979, p 319. This Act has been amended as follows:

1986 No 205 Miscellaneous Acts (Water Administration) Amendment Act 1986. Assented to 18.12.1986.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.1.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 195 of 19.12.1986, p 6267.
1990 No 46 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990. Assented to 22.6.1990.
Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Dams Safety Act 1978, assent, sec 2.
1991 No 53 Hunter Water Board (Corporatisation) Act 1991. Assented to 11.12.1991.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.1.1992, sec 2 and GG No 180 of 20.12.1991, p 10554.
1992 No 29 Mining Act 1992. Assented to 18.5.1992.
Date of commencement, 21.8.1992, sec 2 and GG No 101 of 20.8.1992, p 5905.
1993 No 47 Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1993. Assented to 15.6.1993.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
1994 No 88 Water Board (Corporatisation) Act 1994. Assented to 12.12.1994.
Date of commencement of Sch 7, 1.1.1995, sec 2 and GG No 170 of 16.12.1994, p 7400.
1995 No 18 Electricity Legislation Amendment Act 1995. Assented to 19.6.1995.
Date of commencement of Sch 5, 30.6.1995, sec 2 and GG No 79 of 30.6.1995, p 3434.
No 99 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1995. Assented to 21.12.1995.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3).
1998 No 145 Water Legislation Amendment (Drinking Water and Corporate Structure) Act 1998. Assented to 8.12.1998.
Date of commencement, 1.1.1999, sec 2 and GG No 176 of 18.12.1998, p 9726.
1999 No 85 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.10, assent, sec 2 (2).
No 94 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999.
Date of commencement of sec 7 and Sch 5, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2000 No 92 Water Management Act 2000. Assented to 8.12.2000.
Date of commencement of Sch 8.7, 1.1.2001, sec 2 and GG No 168 of 22.12.2000, p 13471.
2001 No 121 Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2002 No 129 Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 2002. Assented to 16.12.2002.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.5, 23.12.2006, sec 2 and GG No 189 of 22.12.2006, p 11542. Amended by Mine Health and Safety Act 2004 No 74. Assented to 28.9.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 3 [64], 22.12.2006, sec 2 and GG No 189 of 22.12.2006, p 11544.
2003 No 17 Pacific Power (Dissolution) Act 2003. Assented to 30.6.2003.
Date of commencement, 1.7.2003, sec 2.
2004 No 40 State Water Corporation Act 2004. Assented to 30.6.2004.
Date of commencement of Sch 3.3, 1.7.2004, sec 2 and GG No 110 of 1.7.2004, p 4983.
No 74 Mine Health and Safety Act 2004. Assented to 28.9.2004.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.9.2008, sec 2 and GG No 185 of 21.12.2007, p 9815.
2005 (117) Proclamation. GG No 38 of 1.4.2005, p 947.
Date of commencement, on gazettal.
No 98 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2005. Assented to 24.11.2005.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.13, assent, sec 2 (2).
2006 (19) Proclamation. GG No 9 of 20.1.2006, p 414.
Date of commencement, on gazettal.
2007 (46) Proclamation. GG No 31 of 9.2.2007, p 736.
Date of commencement, on gazettal.
No 94 Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
(574) Proclamation. GG No 180 of 7.12.2007, p 9254.
Date of commencement, on gazettal.
2009 No 56 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. Assented to 1.7.2009.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, 17.7.2009, sec 2 (1).
(580) Dams Safety Amendment Proclamation 2009. LW 18.12.2009.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
2010 (645) Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed Dams) Proclamation 2010. LW 26.11.2010.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
2011 (656) Dams Safety Amendment (Prescribed Dams) Proclamation 2011. LW 16.12.2011.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
This Act has also been amended:
(a) by proclamations under sec 27 (amendments made by proclamations prior to 1.4.2005 are listed only in the Table of amendments), and
(b) pursuant to an order under secs 9A and 9B of the Reprints Act 1972. Order dated 10.7.1986 and published in GG No 120 of 18.7.1986, p 3490.

Table of amendments

No reference is made to certain amendments made by Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1995.

Sec 3 Rep GG No 120 of 18.7.1986, p 3490.
Sec 8 Am 1986 No 205, Sch 2; 1991 No 53, Sch 1; 1992 No 29, Sch 5; 1994 No 88, Sch 7; 1995 No 18, Sch 5.6; 1998 No 145, Sch 5.1 [1] [2]; 1999 No 85, Sch 1.10; 2000 No 92, Sch 8.7; 2003 No 17, Sch 3.3 [1] [2]; 2004 No 40, Sch 3.3 [1].
Sec 16 Am GG No 120 of 18.7.1986, p 3490; 1992 No 29, Sch 5; 2002 No 129, Sch 2.5 [1] (am 2004 No 74, Sch 3 [64]) [2]; 2004 No 74, Sch 4.2.
Sec 18 Am GG No 120 of 18.7.1986, p 3490; 1992 No 29, Sch 5; 2002 No 129, Sch 2.5 [3].
Sec 27 Am 2009 No 56, Sch 4.12.
Sec 30 Am 1993 No 47, Sch 1.
Sec 31 Am GG No 120 of 18.7.1986, p 3490; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.81; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 32 Am 1993 No 47, Sch 1.
Sch 1 Am GG No 59 of 11.4.1980, p 1703; GG No 152 of 17.10.1980, p 5395; GG No 73 of 22.5.1981, p 2740; GG No 141 of 25.9.1981, p 5051; GG No 14 of 29.1.1982, p 343; GG No 92 of 2.7.1982, p 3013; GG No 154 of 12.11.1982, p 5164; GG No 103 of 22.7.1983, p 3366; GG No 93 of 15.6.1984, p 3088. Subst GG No 40 of 15.2.1985, p 705. Am GG No 166 of 6.12.1985, p 6403; GG No 175 of 7.11.1986, p 5390 (correction notice GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4813); GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4812; GG No 99 of 10.6.1988, p 3106; GG No 69 of 2.6.1989, p 3308; GG No 111 of 7.9.1990, p 8024. Subst GG No 89 of 17.7.1992, p 4962. Am GG No 162 of 2.12.1994, p 7064; GG No 46 of 12.4.1996, p 1663; GG No 119 of 7.11.1997, p 8952; GG No 46 of 6.3.1998, p 1160; GG No 22 of 19.2.1999, p 740; GG No 29 of 25.2.2000, p 1322; GG No 152 of 24.11.2000, p 11893; GG No 30 of 25.1.2002, p 259; GG No 186 of 28.11.2003, p 10752; 2005 (117); 2006 (19); 2007 (46); 2007 (574); 2009 (580), Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2010 (645), Sch [1] [2]; 2011 (656), Sch 1 [1] [2].
Sch 2 Am 1990 No 46, Sch 1; 1999 No 94, sec 7 (1) and Sch 5, Part 1; 2004 No 40, Sch 3.3 [2]; 2005 No 98, Sch 2.13 [1] [2].


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