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Water Act 1992
59Taking groundwater without authorisation
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59 Taking groundwater without authorisation (a) takes water from a bore; and
Water Act 1992 50 (a) intentionally takes water from a bore; and Note for subsection (2) existence on land of pumping equipment or other prescribed means by which water may be taken from a bore is evidence that water was taken in contravention of this section at the time the equipment or those means are proved to have existed.