Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS (NOTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1997 No. 419 - REG 3

3.1 Insert the following definitions:

"'natural waterway' includes:

   (a)  a stream (permanent or ephemeral), river, lake, estuary or coastal
        water:

        (i)    that is natural; and

        (ii)   where water is present naturally or may flow through or gather;
               and

   (b)  an artificial structure including an irrigation channel, a dam,
        reservoir, impoundment or holding pond from which water may reach a
        natural waterway directly;
'water treatment works' means a sewer or similar structure where a chemical is
diluted, held or treated before discharge into a natural waterway.".