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Water Management Act 2000
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#### 239R Ministerial directions about rules
239R Ministerial directions about rules
> > (1) The Minister may, by notice in writing to a private water trust or the trustees of a trust, direct the trust or trustees to comply with, or cease to contravene, the rules of the trust.
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> > (2) The notice may direct the trust or trustees to take specified action or to cease to take specified action.
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> > (3) A trust or the trustees of a trust must not contravene a direction under this section.
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> > Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty.
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> > Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty.
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> **s 239R:** Ins 2010 No 133, Sch 2\[59\]. Am 2025 No 70, Sch 3\[73\].