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Water Act 1992
66Recharging aquifer without authorisation
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66 Recharging aquifer without authorisation
(a) engages in conduct that results in the increase of the volume
of water in an aquifer; and
(b) is not authorised under this Act to increase the volume of
water in the aquifer.
(b) the conduct results in the increase of the volume of water in
an aquifer and the person is reckless in relation to the result;
and
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(c) the person is not authorised under this Act to increase the
volume of water in the aquifer.
(3) Strict liability applies to subsections (1) and (2)(c).
existence on land of a means by which the volume of water
contained in an aquifer is capable of being increased is evidence
that the volume of water contained in an aquifer was increased in
contravention of this section at the time those means are proved to
have existed.