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WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 170F

Contravention of plan

S. 170F(1) amended by No. 29/2007 s. 16.

    (1)     A person who receives a supply of water from an Authority must not contravene a restriction or prohibition on the use of that water contained in a permanent water saving plan of the Authority.

Penalty:     For a first offence, 10 penalty units;

For a subsequent offence, 20 penalty units.

    (2)     A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) that is of a continuing nature is liable, in addition to the penalty set out at the foot of that subsection, to a further penalty of not more than 2 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues (up to a maximum of 20 additional penalty units)—

        (a)     after service of a notice of contravention on the person under section 151 ; or

        (b)     if no notice of contravention is served, after conviction.

Note

Section 296(1) sets out who may prosecute an offence under subsection (1).

S. 170G inserted by No. 90/2003 s. 6.



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