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WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 166

Failing to comply with enforcement notice

  (1)   A person contravenes this subsection if:

  (a)   the person has been given a notice under subsection   165(2); and

  (b)   the person fails to comply with the direction in the notice.

Strict liability offence

  (2)   A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subsection   (1).

Note:   See section   170A in relation to the physical elements of the offence.

Penalty:   30 penalty units.

  (3)   A person who contravenes subsection   (1) commits a separate offence in respect of each day (including a day the person is convicted of the offence or any later day) during which the contravention continues.

Civil penalty provision

  (4)   A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection   (1).

Note:   In proceedings against a person for a contravention of a civil penalty provision, it is generally not necessary to prove the person's state of mind (see section   154C).

Civil penalty:   600 penalty units.

  (5)   A person who contravenes subsection   (1) commits a separate contravention of that subsection in respect of each day (including a day a relevant pecuniary penalty order is made against the person or any subsequent day) during which the contravention continues.


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