New South Wales-Queensland Border Rivers Act 1946 (Qld)

New South Wales-Queensland Border Rivers Act 1946

An Act to ratify certain agreements made between the States of New South Wales and Queensland relating to the Severn, Dumaresq, Macintyre and Barwon Rivers, and for other purposes

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the New South Wales-Queensland Border Rivers Act 1946.

2 [Repealed]

3 Act to bind the Crown This Act shall bind the Crown.

4 Definitions In this Act— agreement means the original agreement, as amended by— (a) the first amending agreement; and (b) the second amending agreement; and (c) the third amending agreement. constructing authority means the contracting government by which any works under this Act are constructed or to be constructed, or any authority constituted or appointed for the purpose of such construction. contracting government means a government which is a party to the agreement. controlling authority, where used in reference to a State, means any government department or authority of that State which under the laws of that State is authorised or required to exercise the powers and fulfil the obligations by this agreement conferred or imposed upon a controlling authority. diversion includes abstraction, impounding, and appropriation of water that diminishes or retards the volume of flow of a river. first amending agreement means the agreement a copy of which is set out in schedule 2. government gazette means the government gazette of the State of New South Wales or Queensland (as the case may require). land includes Crown lands and buildings, messuages, tenements, and hereditaments of any tenure, and any easement, right, or privilege in, over, or affecting any land. maintenance includes repairs and improvements. original agreement means the agreement a copy of which is set out in schedule 1. proclamation means proclamation by the Governor in Council of the State of New South Wales or Queensland published in the government gazette of that State. purposes of this Act includes purposes of the agreement. river and tributary, respectively, include any affluent, effluent, creek, anabranch, or extension of, and any lake or lagoon connected with, the river or tributary. second amending agreement means the agreement a copy of which is set out in schedule 3. the commission means the Dumaresq–Barwon Border Rivers Commission appointed for the purposes of this Act. third amending agreement means the agreement a copy of which is in schedule 4. this Act means this Act, the agreement, and any regulations made under this Act. under this Act includes under the agreement.