Water (Part 5--Drillers' Licences) Regulation 1995.

Subject

Water

Keyword

Groundwater Well sinking/boreholes Authorization/permit Water charges

Geographical area

Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific

Abstract

For the purposes of section 118A(1)(b) of the Act, the following 6 classes of drillers' licences are prescribed: (a) a class 1 licence, being a licence that allows construction of water level and water quality monitoring bores; (b) a class 2 licence, being a licence that allows construction of sub-artesian stock and domestic supply bores up to 152 mm nominal bore casing; (c) a class 3 licence, being a licence that allows the activities of a class 2 licence and also allows the construction of sub-artesian, screened and developed bores (with open hole, slotted casing or screen completion methods, including the use of a formation stabiliser, but not including gravel filter envelope completion techniques);(d) a class 4 licence, being a licence that allows activities of a class 3 licence and also allows the use of gravel filter envelope completion techniques; (e) a class 5 licence, being a licence that allows activities of a class 2 licence and also allows the construction of flowing and non-flowing bores that penetrate the sandstone aquifers of the Great Artesian Basin and the construction of flowing bores elsewhere in New South Wales; (f) a class 6 licence, being a licence that allows activities of both a class 4 licence and a class 5 licence. A driller's licence may restrict its holder to the use of one or more of the following drilling methods: (a) auger; (b) jetting; (c) cable tool; (d) rotary air; (e) rotary hydraulic; (f) such other method as is specified in the licence. (7 regulations and a Schedule containing forms of licences).

Full text

English

Website

www.austlii.edu.au

References - Legislation

Implements

Water Act 1912.

Legislation | Australia | 1912 (2018)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Surface water, Groundwater, Irrigation, Drainage/land reclamation, Well sinking/boreholes, Water abstraction, Waterworks, Authorization/permit, Water supply, Institution, Flood

Source: FAO, FAOLEX