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Water Management (River Murray Traffic) Regulation 2016.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
New South Wales
Document type
Regulation
Date
2016
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Inland waters Navigation Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Regulation enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Regulation, consisting of 17 sections divided into five Parts and made under the Water Management Act 2000, applies to and in relation to the following works: Navigation control; Control of vessels at locks; Signals for entering and leaving locks; Lock-keeper requirements, etc. In particular, it deals with activities realated to: a) Edwards River Offtake; b) Hume Dam; c) Koondrook-Perricoota Flood Enhancement Works; d) Lake Victoria Works; e) Locks Number 7, 8, 9, 10 and 15; f) Weir Number 11 (Mildura); g) Yarrawonga Weir. The control of vessel passing through lock is regulated as follows: the master of a vessel that passing through a lock must operate the vessel in accordance with the directions of the lock-keeper. If there is no person on board such a vessel who is able to comply with the direction of the lock-keeper, the lock-keeper may cause the vessel to be operated in such manner as the lock-keeper considers to be appropriate. It establishes that when the navigable pass at a weir is closed, the master of a vessel must ensure that the vessel does not approach within 150 metres of the weir except for the purpose of passing through the lock located at the weir.

Full text
English
Website
www.austlii.edu.au

References - Legislation

Implements

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