Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) The corporation has the management of all works constructed or in the course of construction which have been transferred to it by virtue of an agreement made under section 10 of the Launceston Flood Protection Act 1960 and may do all such acts and things as it considers necessary for the proper management, control, maintenance, protection, supervision, and use of those works.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the powers conferred on the corporation shall, at a time of flooding or a danger of flooding, include the power –
and may, for the purposes of this subsection, notwithstanding any other law or rule of law to the contrary, stop up or close any highway or railway line across, over, or under which any works constructed under that Act pass for such time and in such manner as the corporation thinks fit.(a) to close any drains or drainage outlets and to erect any flood gates which have been constructed as part of any works constructed under the Launceston Flood Protection Act 1960 and to keep them closed or erected, as the case may be, for such time as the corporation thinks fit; and
(b) to close any temporary gaps in a levee constructed under that Act in such manner as the corporation thinks fit and to keep them closed for such time as the corporation thinks fit –