Taking water from public or private works
343 Taking water from public or private works
A person must not take water from any water supply work that is owned by, or is under the control and management of, the Minister, the Ministerial Corporation, a water supply authority, an irrigation corporation, a private water corporation or a private water trust, except with the authority of the Minister, that corporation, authority or trust.
Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty.
Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty.
A person does not contravene this section if the person establishes that the act giving rise to the alleged contravention was done with lawful authority.
In subsection (1), a reference to a water supply work, in relation to a water supply authority, is a reference to a water supply work within the meaning of Part 2 of Chapter 6.
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