This legislation has been repealed.
(Sections 4 and 5)
The "Hawkesbury-Nepean waters" means:
(a) the waters of the Hawkesbury-Nepean river system, limited to that part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean river system that is downstream of the Upper Nepean Dams (the Cataract, Cordeaux, Avon and Nepean Dams) and Warragamba Dam and upstream of the Brooklyn Bridge, and
(b) the bed of any river or tributary comprised in the Hawkesbury-Nepean river system (limited as referred to in paragraph (a)), together with any land lying between the bed and a line drawn parallel to, and at a distance of 40 metres inland from, each point along the bank of the river or tributary that is:(i) the highest point of the bank, or(ii) if the waters of the river or tributary are subject to tidal influence, the mean high water mark of the river or tributary.
The following is an illustrative map of the Hawkesbury-Nepean waters: