New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 342

342 Destruction, damage and interference with certain works

(1) A person must not destroy, damage or interfere with--

(a) any work that is owned by, or is under the control and management of, the Minister, the Ministerial Corporation, a water supply authority, an irrigation corporation, a private water corporation or a private water trust, or

(b) any mark, peg, stake or level fixed for the purposes of this Act.

: Tier 2 penalty.

(2) A person must not deposit anything in any work that is owned by, or is under the control and management of, the Minister, the Ministerial Corporation, a water supply authority, an irrigation corporation, a private water corporation or a private water trust.

: Tier 2 penalty.

(3) A person is not guilty of an offence against this section if the person establishes that the act giving rise to the alleged offence was done with lawful authority.