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Water Management Act 2000
318AExposure of underground pipes
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318A Exposure of underground pipes
318A Exposure of underground pipes
A person must not, except in an emergency or with lawful excuse, open any ground so as to expose a water supply authority’s pipe or other work unless the person has given the water supply authority at least 2 days’ written notice of his or her intention to do so.
Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty.
Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty.
s 318A: Ins 2008 No 73, Sch 1 [7]. Am 2025 No 70, Sch 3[76].