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Building Act 2004

Building - Safety of dams - Dams to which provisions of this subpart apply

133A: Dams to which subpart 7 provisions apply

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“This part of the law explains which rules apply to different types of dams.”

You need to know about two different sets of rules for dams. The first set of rules applies to all dams. These rules are in Sections 133B and 157 to 159 of the law. It doesn’t matter what kind of dam it is or how big it is; these rules apply to every dam.

The second set of rules is a bit different. These rules only apply to certain types of dams called ‘classifiable’ and ‘referable’ dams. If a dam isn’t classifiable or referable, then these other rules don’t apply to it.

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Safety of dams: Dams to which provisions of this subpart apply

133ADams to which subpart 7 provisions apply

  1. Sections 133B and 157 to 159 apply to all dams.

  2. The other provisions in this subpart apply only to classifiable and referable dams.

Notes
  • Section 133A: inserted, on , by section 28 of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
  • Section 133A(1): replaced, on , by section 37(1) of the Building Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 100).
  • Section 133A(2): replaced, on , by section 37(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 100).