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WATER INDUSTRY ACT 2012 (NO 9 OF 2012) - SECT 55

55—Discharge of unauthorised material into water infrastructure

        (1)         A person must not, without proper authority, discharge any solid, liquid or gaseous material, or any other item or thing, into any water infrastructure.

Maximum penalty: $25 000.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply in any circumstances excluded from the operation of this section by the regulations.

        (3)         If a water industry entity suffers loss as a result of a contravention of this section, the entity may recover compensation for the loss from a person found guilty of the contravention

            (a)         on application to a court convicting the person of an offence against this section; or

            (b)         by action in a court of competent jurisdiction.



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