Water Management Act 2000
340AOffences and contraventions
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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.
Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty.
Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty.
(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.
Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty.
Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty.
(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.
Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty.
Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty.
(4) A person must not impersonate an authorised officer.
Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty.
Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty.
s 340A: Ins 2008 No 73, Sch 2 [2]. Am 2025 No 70, Sch 3[93]–[97].