Water Management Act 1999
228Interference with meters
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228 Interference with meters
(1) [Section 228 Subsection (1) amended by No. 56 of 2008, s. 102, Applied:11 Feb 2009] A person must not, without the permission of the Minister, interfere with or injure a meter that has been installed in respect of a water resource under section 227 .
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 5 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.
(2) The Minister may recover any cost incurred in repairing or replacing a meter as a result of interference or injury to that meter from the person responsible for that interference or injury and that cost is a debt due to the Minister payable by that person and recoverable as such in a court of competent jurisdiction.