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Local Government Act 2002

Offences, penalties, infringement offences, and legal proceedings - Offences - Offences relating to water

224: Offence relating to water wastage

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“Wasting water after a warning is against the law”

If you waste water or let it be wasted after getting a written warning from your local council, you are breaking the law. This is called an offence. If you keep wasting water after the warning, you can be punished. The punishment for this offence is set out in section 242(2) of the law.

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Part 9 Offences, penalties, infringement offences, and legal proceedings
Offences: Offences relating to water

224Offence relating to water wastage

  1. Every person who contravenes section 192 and continues to waste water or allow it to be wasted after receiving a written warning from the local authority commits an offence and is liable on conviction to the penalty set out in section 242(2).

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  • Section 224: amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).