Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) A person must not, without a service provider's written approval, take water from a service provider's infrastructure.
Maximum penalty--1000 penalty units.
(2) If water is supplied to premises by a service provider's infrastructure for domestic purposes, a person must not, without the service provider's written approval, take water from a supply pipe on the premises for use off the premises, other than for the domestic purposes of the owner or occupier of the premises.
Maximum penalty--1000 penalty units.
(3) However, a person may take water from a service provider's infrastructure--
(a) for fire fighting purposes; or
(b) if the water is supplied for general public use.