Water Management Act 1999

For the purposes of this Part, the Minister has the following functions:

to develop specifications for the purposes of the regulations relating to dams;

to develop prescribed standards required for the design, construction, maintenance, surveillance and decommissioning of dams or classes of dams;

to ensure compliance with those standards;

to develop prescribed standards for the competency of persons undertaking design, construction, maintenance, surveillance and decommissioning of dams or classes of dams;

to formulate measures to ensure the safety of dams and, in particular, plans to remove or minimise risks to persons or property or the natural environment arising from an incident;

to obtain information and keep records on matters relating to the safety of dams.