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Water Act 1989
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.