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Water Act 1989
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35 Offence to provide false or misleading information
A person must not knowingly give false or misleading information to an Authority in the course of claiming that that person has a right to which Part 2 or 3 of this Schedule applies.
1. 60 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.
Part 9—Tariffs, fees and charges
Division 1—Fees under tariffs
36 Definitions
***fee*** means the fee imposed under a tariff under Part 13 of this Act;
***prior right*** means any of the following—
(a) a prior joint right;
(b) prior water right; or
(c) prior domestic and stock right.