Water Management Act 2000
370NMultiple contraventions of civil penalty provision
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370N Multiple contraventions of civil penalty provision
370N Multiple contraventions of civil penalty provision
(1) The Court may make a single civil penalty order against a person for multiple contraventions of a civil penalty provision if—
(a) proceedings for the contraventions rely on the same facts, or
(b) the contraventions form, or are part of, a series of contraventions of the same or a similar character.
(2) The penalty must not be more than the sum of the maximum penalties that could be imposed if a separate penalty were ordered for each contravention.
s 370N: Ins 2025 No 70, Sch 3[138].