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Local Government Act 2002

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

226: Liability for cost of damage

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“You might have to pay if you break water rules and cause damage”

If you break the rules about water that are mentioned in [section 225], you might have to pay for any damage you cause. This is on top of, or instead of, any other punishment you might get for breaking those rules. The local council can ask you to pay for fixing any damage you do to the waterworks. The judge can decide if you have to pay for the repairs, and how much you need to pay.

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

226Liability for cost of damage

  1. A person who commits an offence under section 225 may, in addition to, or instead of, the penalty for the offence, be ordered to pay the cost incurred by the council in repairing the damage done to the waterworks by the offence.

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  • Section 226: amended, on , by section 113(1) of the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 (2010 No 37).