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Water Management Act 2000
91DConstructing or using flood work without, or otherwise than as authorised by, a flood work approval
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#### 91D Constructing or using flood work without, or otherwise than as authorised by, a flood work approval
91D Constructing or using flood work without, or otherwise than as authorised by, a flood work approval
> > (1) A person must not construct or use a flood work for which the person does not have a flood 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 flood work approval must not, other than as authorised by the approval, construct or use a flood work—
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> > > (a) in or near a river or lake, or
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> > > (b) within a floodplain.
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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 flood work otherwise than as authorised by a flood 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 drainage work in accordance with a water supply work approval or drainage work approval.
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> **s 91D:** Ins 2008 No 73, Sch 1 \[4\]. Am 2025 No 70, Sch 3\[45\].