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Water Resources Act 2007
77BOffences—do bore work without licence
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77B Offences—do bore work without licence
(1) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) does bore work; and
(b) does not hold a driller’s licence to do the bore work.
Note Driller’s licence means a licence under s 35.
(2) A person who is the owner or occupier of land commits an offence
if—
(a) bore work is done on the land; and
(b) the person does not have a bore work licence for the bore work.
(3) A person who is the holder of a driller’s licence commits an offence
if—
(a) the person does bore work on land; and
(b) the owner or occupier of the land does not have a bore work
licence for the bore work.
Note Bore work licence means a licence under s 39.
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to bore work that is exempt from
the requirement for a bore work licence under a regulation.