Drainage Act 1939.

Country/Territory: Australia
Territorial subdivision: New South Wales
Document type: Legislation
Date: 1939 (1999)
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Long title: An Act to make better provision for the drainage of land and the mitigation of the effect of floods and control of flood waters within certain areas; to facilitate the administration of drainage unions and of drainage trusts; to repeal the Water (Costs Declaratory and Flood Prevention) Act 1924; to amend the Water Act 1912 1936 and certain other Acts; and for purposes connected therewith.

Subject: Water
Keyword: Basic legislation Drainage/land reclamation Water charges Institution Inspection Flood Waterworks Authorization/permit
Geographical area: Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific

Abstract: With a view to make better provision for the drainage of land and the mitigation of the effect of floods and the control of flood waters within certain areas, this Act regulates the administration of drainage unions and drainage trusts. Existing trusts and unions constituted respectively under Parts 3 and 4 of the Water Act 1912 1936 shall be deemed to have been constituted under this Act. The procedure for the constitution of new trusts and unions is established in Part 3 of the Act. The powers, authorities, duties and functions of each union and trust shall be vested in a board of directors. The board of a union shall consist of not less than three and not more than seven directors; the board of a trust shall consist of three directors. A board or any person authorized by it may enter any land within or outside its district for the purpose of making inspections or surveys, constructing, maintaining and effecting extensions and alterations to the works, and for any other purpose in the exercise of its powers and duties.
Full text: English
Website: www.austlii.edu.au

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Water Management Act 2000.

Legislation | Australia | 2000 (2022)

Keyword: Framework law, Freshwater resources management, Surface water, Groundwater, Irrigation, Drainage/land reclamation, Well sinking/boreholes, Water abstraction, Waterworks, Authorization/permit, Water supply, Institution, Flood, Contract/agreement, Basin/catchment/watershed, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Sustainable development, Enforcement/compliance, Water shortage/drought, Indigenous peoples, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX