Landholder for ring embankments around dwelling houses and other
44 Landholder for ring embankments around dwelling houses and other
A landholder is exempt in relation to the construction or use of a flood work on the landholder’s land in the following circumstances—
the flood work consists of one or more ring embankments for a dwelling house, shed or storage silo,
the flood work is not located in a designated high risk flood area,
the area enclosed by the flood work is not more than the lesser of—
2ha, or
10% of the area of the land.
In this section—
ring embankment, for a dwelling house, shed or storage silo, means—
an embankment that encloses the dwelling house, shed or storage silo, or
a partial embankment that, together with the slope of the land, encloses the dwelling house, shed or storage silo.
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