Bores and Wells Act 1996 (NI)

NORFOLK ISLAND

Bores and Wells Act 1996

No. 19, 1996

Compilation No. 1

Compilation date: 10 March 2018

Includes amendments up to: Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance 2015 (No. 2, 2015)

NORFOLK ISLAND

BORES AND WELLS ACT 1996

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART 1 — PRELIMINARY 1. Short title 2. Commencement 3. Repeal 4. Interpretation

PART 2 — EXISTING APPROVALS 5. Validity of existing approvals

PART 3 — INTERIM ENFORCEMENT 6. Construction or alteration of bores and wells 7. Remedial work notices 8. Enforcement of remedial work notices 9. Restitution by Administration

PART 4 — TRANSITIONAL 10. Application of Planning Act 1996

NORFOLK ISLAND

Bores and Wells Act 1996 An Act to provide for the prohibition of the construction or alteration of bores or wells, and for related purposes

part 1 — preliminary Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Bores and Wells Act 1996. Commencement 2. This Act commences on the date on which notification of Assent is published in the Gazette. Repeal 3. Section 68 and 69 of the Environment Act 1990 are repealed. Interpretation 4. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears — "bore" includes equipment associated with the use of a bore as a source of water; "construct" includes — (a) erect; and (b) dig or bore a hole; "Court" means the Court of Petty Sessions; "well" includes equipment associated with the use of a well as a source of water.

PART 2 — EXISTING APPROVALS Validity of existing approvals 5. (1) Subject to subsection 5(2), a purported approval to construct or alter a bore or a well given by or on behalf of the executive member or the Administration on or after 31 December 1990 and before 26 June 1996, is to be taken for all purposes to have had effect under the Environment Act 1990 as if the approval were valid on and after the date it was given. (2) Subsection 5(1) only applies in respect of a bore or well where construction or alteration has been completed before 26 June 1996.