343Taking water from public or private works

343 Taking water from public or private works

343 Taking water from public or private works

(1) A person must not take water from any water supply work that is owned by, or is under the control and management of, the Minister, the Ministerial Corporation, a water supply authority, an irrigation corporation, a private water corporation or a private water trust, except with the authority of the Minister, that corporation, authority or trust.

Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty.

Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty.

(2) A person does not contravene this section if the person establishes that the act giving rise to the alleged contravention was done with lawful authority.

(3) In subsection (1), a reference to a water supply work, in relation to a water supply authority, is a reference to a water supply work within the meaning of Part 2 of Chapter 6.

s 343: Am 2002 No 138, Schs 2 [37] [38], 4 [19]; 2004 No 39, Sch 5 [11]. Subst 2008 No 73, Sch 1 [8]. Am 2010 No 133, Sch 2[63] [64]; 2025 No 70, Sch 3[109]–[111].