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Water Act 2000
sec.808ATaking water in excess of volume or rate allowed under water entitlement
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### sec.808A Taking water in excess of volume or rate allowed under water entitlement
The holder of a water entitlement must not, in a period, take a volume of water more than the volume of water allowed to be taken under the water entitlement in the period.
a water year for a water licence
a period set for a water entitlement by a water sharing rule in a water management protocol
a period announced for a water entitlement by the chief executive under a water management protocol
Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.
The holder of a water entitlement must not take water at a rate more than the rate at which water is allowed to be taken under the entitlement.
Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.
s 808A ins 2019 No. 17 s 333
amd 2023 No. 24 s 24
(sec.808A-ssec.1) The holder of a water entitlement must not, in a period, take a volume of water more than the volume of water allowed to be taken under the water entitlement in the period. a water year for a water licence a period set for a water entitlement by a water sharing rule in a water management protocol a period announced for a water entitlement by the chief executive under a water management protocol Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.
(sec.808A-ssec.2) The holder of a water entitlement must not take water at a rate more than the rate at which water is allowed to be taken under the entitlement. Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.
- • a water year for a water licence
- • a period set for a water entitlement by a water sharing rule in a water management protocol
- • a period announced for a water entitlement by the chief executive under a water management protocol