235Inspection and removal of meters

235 Inspection and removal of meters

(1)  [Section 235 Subsection (1) amended by No. 56 of 2008, s. 106, Applied:11 Feb 2009] [Section 235 Subsection (1) amended by No. 56 of 2008, s. 106, Applied:11 Feb 2009] [Section 235 Subsection (1) amended by No. 49 of 2002, s. 42, Applied:01 Mar 2003] Where a meter is installed under this Part, an authorised officer or authorised person may, at any reasonable times, enter any building or land to, through or into which water is taken for the purpose of inspecting or reading the meter or of removing any meter or associated apparatus.

(2)  A person who hinders any such person from entering or making any such inspection or reading or effecting any such removal, as the case may be, is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding 5 penalty units.

(3)  [Section 235 Subsection (3) inserted by No. 56 of 2008, s. 106, Applied:11 Feb 2009] In this section –

authorised person has the same meaning as in section 244 .