295APower to issue infringement notices

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295A Power to issue infringement notices

(1) Subject to sections 33EB, 63B and 289C, an authorised water officer appointed by an Authority may serve an infringement notice on a person whom the officer has reason to believe has committed a water infringement offence.

(2) A water infringement offence, for which an infringement notice may be served, is an infringement offence within the meaning of the Infringements Act 2006.

S. 295B inserted by No. 23/2019 s. 94, amended by No. 48/2021 s. 102.

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