Dam Safety Guidelines - Tasmania

Description

You may need to follow certain Departmental guidelines if you undertake certain activities for the purposes of, or in connection to, the design, construction, surveillance or decommissioning of a dam. Examples of such activities include:

  • preparing design plans and specifications
  • preconstruction, investigation, design and reporting
  • supervising construction and decommissioning
  • preparing Notice of Completion reports
  • preparing other similar reports and safety reviews.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Other resources

Task Business Structure Resources
Comply All Dam Safety (Opens in new window)

Act(s) name

Water Management Act 1999 Tasmania

Regulation(s) name

Water Management (Safety of Dams) Regulations 2025 Tasmania

Administering agency

Department of Natural Resources and Environment

Water and Marine Resources

Water Management and Assessment Branch

Contact details

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