Water Services Regulations 2013
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Schedule 5 — Prescribed offences and modified penalties
[r. 86]
Division 1 — Prescribed offences and modified penalties
| Offences | Modified penalty | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| r. 24(1) | Access to meters | $100 | |
| r. 24(2) | Branches or fittings within 1 m of meter | $100 | |
| r. 39(1) <br>r. 39(2) | Entering, swimming, bathing or washing anything in water supply works<br>Without lawful authority, bringing an animal, or allowing an animal to enter or remain, on land where water supply works of a licensee are provided or are located and that is not open to the public | $400<br> $400 | |
| r. 40(1) | Without lawful authority, camping on land controlled by a licensee or on which water service works are located other than in an area designated by authorised signs and in accordance with those signs | $400 | |
| r. 40(2) | Without lawful authority, lighting, kindling, maintaining or using a campfire, barbeque or portable stove, or assisting another person to do so, on land controlled by a licensee or on which water service works are located other than in an area designated by authorised signs | $400 | |
| r. 40A(2) | Without lawful authority, taking, or attempting to take (including by shooting, hunting or fishing) an animal in a prohibited area for a licensee’s reservoir | $400 | |
| r. 41(2) | Littering on land controlled by a licensee or where water service works are located | $200 | |
| r. 51B(1) | Using water supplied through a fire service connection other than for emergency purposes | $100 | |
| r. 51B(2) | Owner of land failing to ensure that water supplied through a fire service connection is used only for emergency purposes | $100 | |
| r. 77 | Use of scheme water in contravention of restrictions | $100 |
[Division 1 amended: Gazette 13 Dec 2016 p. 5687‑8.]
Division 2 — Prescribed offences and modified penalties: forms