This Regulation, consisting of 17 sections divided into five Parts and made under the Water Management Act 2000, applies to and in relation to the following works: Navigation control; Control of vessels at locks; Signals for entering and leaving locks; Lock-keeper requirements, etc. In particular, it deals with activities realated to: a) Edwards River Offtake; b) Hume Dam; c) Koondrook-Perricoota Flood Enhancement Works; d) Lake Victoria Works; e) Locks Number 7, 8, 9, 10 and 15; f) Weir Number 11 (Mildura); g) Yarrawonga Weir. The control of vessel passing through lock is regulated as follows: the master of a vessel that passing through a lock must operate the vessel in accordance with the directions of the lock-keeper. If there is no person on board such a vessel who is able to comply with the direction of the lock-keeper, the lock-keeper may cause the vessel to be operated in such manner as the lock-keeper considers to be appropriate. It establishes that when the navigable pass at a weir is closed, the master of a vessel must ensure that the vessel does not approach within 150 metres of the weir except for the purpose of passing through the lock located at the weir.
Australia · 2016-06-10