Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 73G

  (1)   A person contravenes this subsection if:

  (a)   the person is required to give a notification under subsection   12.48(1) or (2) of the Basin Plan; and

  (b)   the person fails to give the notification in accordance with subsection   12.48(3) of the Basin Plan.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.

Note:   The person bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection   (see section   154E).

Civil penalty provision

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

Note 1:   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).

Note 2:   This section applies in relation to conduct described in section   73J.

Civil penalty:   60 penalty units.