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WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 33D

Offence to interfere etc. with State observation bore

    (1)     A person must not, without the consent of the Minister, destroy, damage, remove, alter or in any way interfere with any State observation bore.

Penalty:     For a first offence, 20 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months.

For a subsequent offence, 40 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.

Note to s. 33D(1) inserted by No. 48/2021 s. 71.

Note

Section 297 applies to an offence against this subsection.

    (2)     A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) that is of a continuing nature is liable, in addition to the penalty set out at the foot of that subsection, to a further penalty of not more than 5 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues—

        (a)     after service of a notice of contravention on the person under section 151 ; or

        (b)     if no notice of contravention is served, after conviction.

Pt 3AA (Heading and ss 33DA33DZA) inserted by No. 50/2010 s. 4.

Part 3AA—Victorian Environmental Water Holder

Division 1—Establishment of the Water Holder

S. 33DA inserted by No. 50/2010 s. 4.



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