New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DAMS SAFETY ACT 1978 - SECT 18

18 Giving of notices to ensure safety of prescribed dams

(1) Where it appears to the Committee that a prescribed dam is unsafe or is in danger of becoming unsafe, the Committee may, by notice in writing, require the owner of the prescribed dam to do such things as are specified or described in the notice as may be reasonably necessary to ensure the safety of the prescribed dam.

(2) Where it appears to the Committee that anything done or proposed to be done to or in relation to a prescribed dam or in the vicinity of a prescribed dam by the owner of the prescribed dam or any other person may endanger the safety of the prescribed dam, the Committee may, by notice in writing, require the owner or other person, as the case may be, to do such things as are specified or described in the notice as may be reasonably necessary to ensure the safety of the prescribed dam and the owner or other person shall comply with the requirement.

(3) A notice under subsection (2) requiring the cessation of any work or activity being done or proposed to be done to or in relation to a prescribed dam or in the vicinity of a prescribed dam by a person other than the owner of the prescribed dam shall not be given without the approval of:

(a) except as provided by paragraph (b), the Minister, or

(b) where the work or activity relates to the operation of:

(i) a mine within the meaning of the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 2002 , or

(ii) a mine within the meaning of the Mining Act 1992 ,

the Premier.