New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 91E

91E Carrying out controlled activity without, or otherwise than as authorised by, a controlled activity approval

(1) A person--

(a) who carries out a controlled activity in, on or under waterfront land, and

(b) who does not hold a controlled activity approval for that activity,

is guilty of an offence.

: Tier 2 penalty.

(2) The holder of a controlled activity approval who carries out a controlled activity in, on or under waterfront land otherwise than as authorised by the approval is guilty of an offence.

: Tier 2 penalty.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), a person carries out a controlled activity otherwise than as authorised by a controlled activity approval if the person carries out such an activity while the approval is suspended.

(4) This section does not prevent a person--

(a) from constructing and using a water management work in accordance with a water management work approval, or

(b) from carrying out an aquifer interference activity in accordance with an aquifer interference approval.