New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WATER ACT 1912 - SECT 166

166 Designation of floodplains

(1) The Ministerial Corporation may, by order published in:

(a) the Gazette, and

(b) at least one newspaper published and circulating generally in the locality of the land to which the order relates,

designate any land specified in the order as a floodplain.

(2) An order under subsection (1) takes effect:

(a) on the date of its first publication in the Gazette and a newspaper pursuant to subsection (1) or, where it is first published in the Gazette and a newspaper on different dates, the later of those dates, or

(b) a date specified in the order in that regard,

whichever is the later.

(3) While an order under subsection (1) is in force, the Ministerial Corporation shall cause a map depicting the floodplain to which the order relates to be made available for public inspection at each of its offices, free of charge, during the ordinary office hours of the Ministerial Corporation.