Change to height and volume of dams impacted by the dam safety regulations
- Abbreviation
- Change to height and volume of dams impacted by the dam safety regulations
- Valid from
- 28/03/2024
- Information provider
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment,
- Information type
- Guidelines,
- Format
- Website,
Description
The Government has listened to feedback and has made a change to the size of dams impacted by the regulations, to reduce the number of dams that need to comply.
The new regulations on dam safety come into force on 13 May 2024.
Only dams that meet a certain height and volume threshold are impacted by the regulations and need to be classified.
Scope
This guidance includes:
- A change to the thresholds:
- The new threshold at which dams need to be classified
- Actions for dam owners to take
- Information and resources to support dam owners