Activities relating to wells
61 Activities relating to wells
A person must not undertake any of the following activities in the
Scheme Area unless authorised to do so by a permit granted by the
Trust:
drilling, plugging, backfilling or sealing of a well;
repairing, replacing or altering the casing, lining or screen of a well;
draining or discharging water directly or indirectly into a well.
The
Trust may undertake any of the activities referred to in subsection (1) without a permit.
A person who—
contravenes subsection (1);
or
contravenes or fails to comply with a condition to which a permit referred to in subsection (1) is subject, is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty:
where the offender is a body corporate—$20 000.
where the offender is a natural person—$10 000.
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