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Water Act 1992
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104 Definition of maximum default penalty
(1) Where in, or at the foot of, a section or part of a section there
appears the expression maximum default penalty, it signifies that
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a person who is found guilty of an offence against this Act in
relation to that section or part is guilty of a further offence against
this Act if the offence continues after a complaint alleging the
commission of that offence has been issued and is liable to an
additional penalty for each day during which the offence so
continues of not more than the amount expressed in the section or
part as the amount of the maximum default penalty.
(2) Where an offence is committed by a person by reason of the
person's failure to comply with a provision of this Act by or under
which the person is required or directed to do something within a
particular period or by a particular time, that offence, for the
purposes of subsection (1), shall be deemed to continue so long as
the thing so required or directed to be done by the person remains
undone, notwithstanding that the period has elapsed or time has
passed.