Water (Part 5—Drillers’ Licences) Regulation 1995

This Regulation may be cited as the Water (Part 5—Drillers’ Licences) Regulation 1995.

This Regulation commences on 1 September 1995.

In this Regulation:

the Act means the Water Act 1912.

In this Regulation, a reference to a form is a reference to a Form set out in Schedule 1.

For the purposes of section 118A (1) (b) of the Act, the following 6 classes of drillers’ licences are prescribed:

a class 1 licence, being a licence that allows construction of water level and water quality monitoring bores,

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,

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),

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,

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,

a class 6 licence, being a licence that allows activities of both a class 4 licence and a class 5 licence.

A driller’s licence may restrict its holder to the use of one or more of the following drilling methods:

auger,

jetting,

cable tool,

rotary air,

rotary hydraulic,

such other method as is specified in the licence.

For the purposes of section 118A (3A) of the Act:

the prescribed form of application for a driller’s licence is Form 1, and

the prescribed fee to accompany an application for a driller’s licence is $44.

The Ministerial Corporation must refund the fee if an application does not result in the issue of a licence.

For the purposes of section 118A (3A) of the Act, the prescribed form of driller’s licence is Form 2.

The Water (Part 5) Drillers’ Licences Regulation 1990 is repealed.

Any act, matter of thing that, immediately before the repeal of the Water (Part 5) Drillers’ Licences Regulation 1990, had effect under that Regulation is taken to have effect under this Regulation.