Water (Part 5—Drillers’ Licences) Regulation 1995 (1995-534) (NSW)

Water (Part 5—Drillers' Licences) Regulation 1995

1 Name of Regulation This Regulation may be cited as the Water (Part 5—Drillers' Licences) Regulation 1995.

2 Commencement This Regulation commences on 1 September 1995.

3 Definitions (1) In this Regulation: the Act means the Water Act 1912. (2) In this Regulation, a reference to a form is a reference to a Form set out in Schedule 1.

4 Classes of drillers' licences (1) 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. (2) 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.