Meander Dam Project Act 2003 (Tas)

Meander Dam Project Act 2003

An Act to enable a dam project to proceed on the Meander River in order to provide better irrigation for the development of agriculture in northern Tasmania, and for related and subsidiary purposes [Royal Assent 9 May 2003]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Meander Dam Project Act 2003 .

2. Commencement This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3. Interpretation (1) In this Act – dam permit means the permit authorising the construction of the dam for the Meander Dam project granted by the Assessment Committee (in accordance with section 157 of the Water Management Act 1999 as in force on the day on which this Act commences) as, if applicable, from time to time amended; environment protection notice means the environment protection notice in respect of the Meander Dam project issued by the Director on 10 October 2002 (in accordance with sections 27 and 44(1)(a) of the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 ) as, if applicable, from time to time amended; HEC means the Hydro-Electric Corporation, being the body continued in existence by section 4 of the Hydro-Electric Corporation Act 1995 ; law of the State includes – (a) a State policy; and (b) a planning scheme; and (c) a council by-law; Meander Dam project means – (a) the construction, in accordance with the dam permit, of a dam at the prescribed location (including all associated infrastructure and facilities); and (b) the commissioning and operation of that dam; prescribed location means a location on the Meander River in northern Tasmania, downstream of its confluence with Warners Creek between Warners Sugarloaf and Archers Sugarloaf, at approximate grid reference 468300E 5384200N on the prescribed map; prescribed map means the map sheet numbered 4638 and entitled "QUAMBY BLUFF" (Edition 2, 1987) in the Tasmania 1:25 000 map series published by the State government through the body then operating under the registered business name "TASMAP"; quarry permit means the permit authorising the development and use of a quarry for the purposes of the Meander Dam project granted by the Meander Valley Council on 10 December 2002 (in accordance with section 57 of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 ) as, if applicable, from time to time amended; reserved land means land that is – (a) State forest within the meaning of the Forestry Act 1920 ; or (b) a forest reserve within the meaning of that Act; responsible entity means – (a) Tasmanian Irrigation Pty Ltd (ACN 133 148 384); or (b) a subsequent developer or operator of the Meander Dam project; responsible Minister means the Minister administering the Water Management Act 1999 ; RMPAT decision means the decision of the Appeal Tribunal relating to certain appeals against the dam permit, and an appeal against the environment protection notice, dated 22 January 2003 (Appeal Tribunal reference J12/2003, relating to Appeals No. 225/02E, 226/02W and 233/02W); South Esk River hydro-electric district means the district appointed and defined by Statutory Rules 1958, No. 111 (as amended by Statutory Rules 1960, No. 67) as a hydro-electric water district under section 26 of the Water Act 1957 with the name "South Esk River Hydro-Electric Water District" and continued in existence as a hydro-electric district, on the repeal of that Act, by Schedule 4 to the Water Management Act 1999 ; special licence means the special licence held by the HEC in respect of the South Esk River hydro-electric district; works commencement day means the day on which the works authorised by the dam permit are commenced. (2) Expressions that are defined in the Water Management Act 1999 and used in this Act have, unless the contrary intention appears, the same meaning in this Act as they do in that Act.