WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 1014A
Special regulation-making power to support outer bank identification
WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 1014A
Special regulation-making power to support outer bank identification
1014A Special regulation-making power to support outer bank identification
(1) Regulations made under this Act may include a regulation supporting the
identification of watercourses and the outer banks of watercourses.
(2)
Without limiting subsection (1) , a regulation may, by words and diagrams—
(a) indicate how chapter 1 , part 2 , including the definitions in schedule 4
supporting chapter 1 , part 2 , must be applied in varying environments and in
watercourses, or sections of watercourses, of varying profiles; or
(b) give
examples of the occurrence of depositional features and scour marks and of how
they may locate outer banks; or
(c) give examples of the occurrence of
floodplains and of how the edge of a floodplain may be identified; or
(d)
explain how a bench, bar or in-stream island in a watercourse may typically be
recognised; or
(e) explain how the bed or a bank of a watercourse may
typically be recognised; or
(f) explain how an anabranch may be recognised.
(3) A regulation under this section is not invalid only because it supplements
the provisions of this Act by providing greater certainty than would otherwise
be the case under this Act in relation to the identification of watercourses
and the outer banks of watercourses in particular circumstances or types of
circumstances.