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148A: Dam safety assurance programme for dams that are canals
or “ Rules for making safety plans for canals that have different risk levels in different parts ”

You could also call this:

“Rules for keeping several dams safe when they make one big water area”

If you own two or more dams that make up one big water storage area, this law applies to you. You only need to make one safety plan for all of these dams together. This single plan will cover everything mentioned in sections 140 to 145, 147, 148, 150, and 150A of the Building Act.

When you’re figuring out how risky these dams are (as mentioned in section 146), you should use the highest risk level of any of your dams. This means if one dam is considered very risky and the others are less risky, you’ll need to treat all of them as if they were at that highest risk level.

This rule helps make sure that all parts of your dam system are kept as safe as the most important or dangerous part.

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148B: Dam safety assurance programme for 2 or more dams forming single reservoir

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Safety of dams: Dam safety assurance programmes

148BDam safety assurance programme for 2 or more dams forming single reservoir

This section applies if 2 or more dams owned by the same owner form a single reservoir.
For the purposes of sections 140 to 145, 147, 148, 150, and 150A a single dam safety assurance programme suffices for all the dams.
For the purposes of section 146, the potential impact classification that applies is the highest potential impact classification that applies to any of the dams.