Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 154C

  (1)   In proceedings for a pecuniary penalty order against a person for a contravention of a civil penalty provision, it is not necessary to prove:

  (a)   the person's intention; or

  (b)   the person's knowledge; or

  (c)   the person's recklessness; or

  (d)   the person's negligence; or

  (e)   any other state of mind of the person.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply to the extent that the proceedings relate to a contravention of subsection   154A(1) (ancillary contravention of civil penalty provisions).

  (3)   Subsection   (1) does not affect the operation of section   154D (mistake of fact).

  (4)   Subsection   (1) does not apply to the extent that the civil penalty provision, or a provision that relates to the civil penalty provision, expressly provides otherwise.