Water Supply and Sewerage Services Act 2000
90Tampering or wilful damage to property of licensee
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90 Tampering or wilful damage to property of licensee (1) A person must not, without lawful excuse, remove, repair, exchange, alter, tamper or wilfully or negligently damage or destroy any assets that form part of the water supply or sewerage services infrastructure of a licensee. 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years. In the case of a corporation – 2 000 penalty (2) A person found guilty of an offence against subsection (1) is liable to pay to the licensee an amount by way of damages for any loss incurred by the licensee as a result of the person's actions and the cost of repairing or replacing the damaged property in addition to any penalty that may be imposed.