198Civil penalties

198 Civil penalties

198 Civil penalties

(1) If satisfied that a water management authority—

(a) has contravened the conditions of its water management licence, or

(b) has failed to comply with an order under section 197,

the Ministerial Corporation may order the authority to pay to the Ministerial Corporation a penalty not exceeding $500,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further penalty not exceeding $20,000 for each day for which the contravention continues.

(2) Before making an order under this section, the Ministerial Corporation—

(a) must cause written notice of its intention to make the order to be given to the water management authority, and

(b) must give the water management authority a reasonable opportunity to make written submissions to the Ministerial Corporation in relation to the proposed order, and

(c) must have regard to any submission that is duly made.

ss 197–200: Ins 1997 No 128, Sch 1 [21].