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WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 169A

Offence not to comply with notice of contravention[36]

    (1)     A person on whom a notice of contravention under section 169 is served must not knowingly fail to comply with the notice, being a failure to comply that results in—

        (a)     land, works or water being seriously damaged; or

        (b)     another person suffering substantial economic loss.

Penalty:     For an individual, 10 years imprisonment or 1200 penalty units or both;

For a body corporate, 6000 penalty units.

Note to s. 169A(1) inserted by No. 48/2021 s. 92(1).

Note

Section 297 applies to an offence against this subsection.

    (2)     A person on whom a notice of contravention under section 169 is served must not recklessly fail to comply with the notice, being a failure to comply that results in—

        (a)     land, works or water being seriously damaged; or

        (b)     another person suffering substantial economic loss.

Penalty:     For an individual, 5 years imprisonment or 600 penalty units or both;

For a body corporate, 3000 penalty units.

Note to s. 169A(2) inserted by No. 48/2021 s. 92(2).

Note

Section 297 applies to an offence against this subsection.

    (3)     A person on whom a notice of contravention under section 169 is served must not fail to comply with the notice.

Penalty:     For an individual, 240 penalty units;

For a body corporate, 1200 penalty units.

Note to s. 169A(3) inserted by No. 48/2021 s. 92(3).

Note

Section 297 applies to an offence against this subsection.

S. 169B inserted by No. 23/2019 s. 71.



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