91KMeter tampering

#### 91K Meter tampering 91K Meter tampering > > (1) A person is guilty of an offence if the person interferes with, damages, destroys or disconnects any metering equipment that has been installed in connection with a water management work, and does so intentionally or recklessly. > > > > Tier 1 penalty. > > > (2) A person must not interfere with, damage, destroy or disconnect metering equipment that has been installed in connection with a water management work. > > > > Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty. > > > > Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty. > > > (3) Without limiting subsections (1) and (2), a person interferes with metering equipment if the person unseals any sealed component of the equipment, blocks any part of the equipment, attaches to the equipment any device that is likely to affect the operation of the equipment or disconnects the equipment from its source of power. > > > (4) This section does not apply to anything— > > > > > (a) that a duly qualified person, or a person specified under section 326 (2A), does to metering equipment (other than metering equipment that may only be maintained, repaired, modified or replaced by the Ministerial Corporation or Water NSW) for the sole purpose of maintaining, repairing or replacing the equipment, or > > > > > (b) that is done to metering equipment by or with the written authority of the Ministerial Corporation or Water NSW or the [Water NSW Act 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-074), or > > > > > (c) that is done to metering equipment by or on behalf of the holder of the water supply work approval or drainage work approval solely for the purposes of complying with any requirements of regulations made under this Division. > > > (5) (Repealed) > > **s 91K:** Ins 2008 No 73, Sch 1 \[4\]. Am 2009 No 56, Sch 1.44 \[7\]; 2009 No 110, Sch 1 \[4\]; 2010 No 133, Sch 2 \[37\]; 2014 No 74, Sch 3.43 \[2\] \[3\]; 2018 No 31, Sch 1 \[45\] \[47\]; 2025 No 70, Sch 3\[57\].