Drainage Act 1939.

País/Territorio: Australia
Subdivisión territorial: New South Wales
Tipo de documento: Legislación
Fecha: 1939 (1999)
Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX
Título completo: 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.

Materia: Agua
Palabra clave: Legislación básica Drenaje/bonificación Cánon de aguas Institución Inspección Inundación Instalaciones Autorización/permiso
Área geográphica: Asia y Pacifico, Australia y Nueva Zelandia, Océano Índico, Oceania, Pacífico Sur

Resumen: 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.
Texto completo: Inglés
Página web: www.austlii.edu.au

Referencias - Legislación

Revocado por

Water Management Act 2000.

Legislación | Australia | 2000 (2022)

Palabra clave: Ley marco, Manejo de recursos hídricos, Aguas superficiales, Aguas subterráneas, Irrigación, Drenaje/bonificación, Perforación de pozos/pozos, Captación de agua, Instalaciones, Autorización/permiso, Abastecimiento de agua, Institución, Inundación, Contrato/acuerdo, Cuenca/área de captación/cuenca colectora, Procedimientos judiciales/procedimientos administrativos, Desarrollo sostenible, Cumplimiento/aplicación, Escasez de agua/sequía, Pueblos indígenas, Aguas continentales

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX