WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 352F Requirement to prepare emergency action plan

WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 352F

352F Requirement to prepare emergency action plan

The owner of a referable dam must, unless the owner has a reasonable excuse, prepare an emergency action plan for the dam under subdivision 3 and give it to the chief executive for approval—

(a) if construction of the dam is not finished when the chief executive accepts a failure impact assessment for the dam under section 349 —

(i) within 3 months after the construction is finished; or

(ii) if the chief executive gives the owner of the dam a notice requiring the emergency action plan before the construction is finished—within the period of at least 30 business days stated in the notice; or

(b) if construction of the dam has finished when the chief executive accepts a failure impact assessment for the dam—within 4 months after the chief executive accepts the failure impact assessment; or

(c) if the dam becomes a referable dam under section 342B —within 4 months after the day it becomes a referable dam.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.

Note—

For the obligation of the owner of an existing dam to prepare and submit an emergency action plan, see also section 645 .