New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 300

300 Obstruction of works

(1) If a person places a structure or other thing in or near a water supply authority's water management work in such a manner as to interfere with the work, the water supply authority may--

(a) demolish and remove the structure or other thing, and

(b) repair the work, and

(c) recover the cost of doing so as a debt owing to the water supply authority by the person who placed the structure or other thing there.

(2) A water supply authority may apply for and obtain an injunction to prevent a structure or other thing being placed as referred to in subsection (1).