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Water Management Act 2000
91CConstructing or using drainage work without, or otherwise than as authorised by, a drainage work approval
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#### 91C Constructing or using drainage work without, or otherwise than as authorised by, a drainage work approval
91C Constructing or using drainage work without, or otherwise than as authorised by, a drainage work approval
> > (1) A person must not construct or use a drainage work for which the person does not have a drainage work approval.
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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) The holder of a drainage work approval must not, other than as authorised by the approval, construct or use a drainage work.
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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) Without limiting subsection (2), a person constructs or uses a drainage work otherwise than as authorised by a drainage work approval if the person constructs or uses such a work while the approval is suspended.
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> > (4) This section does not prevent a person from constructing or using a water supply work or flood work in accordance with a water supply work approval or flood work approval.
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> **ss 91C:** Ins 2008 No 73, Sch 1 \[4\]. Am 2025 No 70, Sch 3\[44\].