Carrying out aquifer interference activity without, or otherwise than as authorised by, an aquifer interference approval
91F Carrying out aquifer interference activity without, or otherwise than as authorised by, an aquifer interference approval
A person must not carry out an aquifer interference activity for which the person does not have an aquifer interference approval.
Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty.
Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty.
The holder of an aquifer interference approval must not, other than as authorised by the approval, carry out an aquifer interference activity.
Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty.
Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty.
Without limiting subsection (2), a person carries out an aquifer interference activity otherwise than as authorised by an aquifer interference approval if the person carries out such an activity while the approval is suspended.
This section does not prevent a person—
from constructing and using a water management work in accordance with a water management work approval, or
from carrying out a controlled activity in accordance with a controlled activity approval, or
from using a building or work that has been erected or carried out in accordance with a controlled activity approval.
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