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Water Management Act 2000
91ECarrying out controlled activity without, or otherwise than as authorised by, a controlled activity approval
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#### 91E Carrying out controlled activity without, or otherwise than as authorised by, a controlled activity approval
91E Carrying out controlled activity without, or otherwise than as authorised by, a controlled activity approval
> > (1) A person must not, in, on or under waterfront land, carry out a controlled activity for which the person does not have a controlled activity 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 controlled activity approval must not, in, on or under waterfront land, carry out a controlled activity other than as authorised by the 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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> > (3) Without limiting subsection (2), a person carries out a controlled activity otherwise than as authorised by a controlled activity approval if the person carries out such an activity while the approval is suspended.
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> > (4) This section does not prevent a person—
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> > > (a) from constructing and using a water management work in accordance with a water management work approval, or
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> > > (b) from carrying out an aquifer interference activity in accordance with an aquifer interference approval.
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> **s 91E:** Ins 2008 No 73, Sch 1 \[4\]. Am 2025 No 70, Sch 3\[46\].