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Water Management Act 2000
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#### 340A Offences and contraventions
340A Offences and contraventions
> > (1) A person must not, without lawful excuse, neglect or fail to comply with a requirement made of the person under this Part.
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> > Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty.
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> > Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty.
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> > (2) A person must not furnish any information or do any other thing in purported compliance with a requirement made under this Part, knowing that it is false or misleading in a material respect.
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> > Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty.
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> > Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty.
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> > (3) A person must not threaten, hinder, obstruct or delay an authorised officer in the exercise of the authorised officer’s powers under this Part.
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> > Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty.
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> > Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty.
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> > (4) A person must not impersonate an authorised officer.
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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 340A:** Ins 2008 No 73, Sch 2 \[2\]. Am 2025 No 70, Sch 3\[93\]–\[97\].