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Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
sec.192Interfering with service provider’s infrastructure
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### sec.192 Interfering with service provider’s infrastructure
A person must not, without the written consent of a service provider, interfere with a service provider’s infrastructure.
Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units.
A person must not, without the written consent of a service provider, build over, interfere with access to, increase or reduce the cover over, or change the surface of land in a way causing ponding of water over an access chamber for, a service provider’s infrastructure.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
However, despite subsections (1) and (2) , a person does not require the written consent of the service provider if the person carries out building work for a building or structure on a lot that contains, or is adjacent to a lot that contains, a sewer or water main of the service provider.
In this section—
building see the Building Act 1975 , schedule 2 .
building work see the Building Act 1975 , section 5 .
structure see the Building Act 1975 , schedule 2 .
s 192 amd 2013 No. 30 s 8
(sec.192-ssec.1) A person must not, without the written consent of a service provider, interfere with a service provider’s infrastructure. Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units.
(sec.192-ssec.2) A person must not, without the written consent of a service provider, build over, interfere with access to, increase or reduce the cover over, or change the surface of land in a way causing ponding of water over an access chamber for, a service provider’s infrastructure. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
(sec.192-ssec.3) However, despite subsections (1) and (2) , a person does not require the written consent of the service provider if the person carries out building work for a building or structure on a lot that contains, or is adjacent to a lot that contains, a sewer or water main of the service provider.
(sec.192-ssec.4) In this section— building see the Building Act 1975 , schedule 2 . building work see the Building Act 1975 , section 5 . structure see the Building Act 1975 , schedule 2 .