Victorian Current Acts

WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 33EB

    (1)     An authorised water officer may serve an infringement notice on a person whom the officer has reason to believe has contravened section 33E(3) if the person—

        (a)     was not authorised to take water under a water share; and

        (b)     took an amount of water equal to, or less than, 10 megalitres.

    (2)     An authorised water officer may serve an infringement notice on a person whom the officer has reason to believe has contravened section 33E(3) if the person—

        (a)     was authorised to take a specified amount of water under a water share (the authorised amount ); and

        (b)     took an amount of water in addition to the authorised amount and the amount of that additional water—

              (i)     was equal to, or less than, 20% of the total authorised amount; and

              (ii)     was equal to, or less than, 10 megalitres.

Division 2—Issuing and nature of water share

S. 33F inserted by No. 99/2005 s. 41.