This Act concerns the protection and improvement of rivers’ banks and beds, flood prevention and mitigation, it consists of 23 sections divided into eight Parts. It provides for the constitution of trusts to implement the provisions of the Act. A trust is a body corporate and the Act cover trust membership (sect. 5), operation (sect. 6), functions and powers. The Act also contains provisions on offences (sect. 20) and regulation making powers (sect. 22).
أستراليا · 1940-10-06