Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Miscellaneous provisions - Compliance and enforcement - Infringement offences

272: When infringement notice may be issued

You could also call this:

"When you can get a fine for breaking a water rule"

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If you break a rule, a compliance officer might give you an infringement notice. This can happen if the officer thinks you are breaking a rule or have already broken one. The officer must have a good reason to think you have broken a rule before they can give you an infringement notice.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Compliance and enforcement: Infringement offences

272When infringement notice may be issued

  1. A compliance officer may issue an infringement notice to a person if the compliance officer believes on reasonable grounds that the person is committing, or has committed, an infringement offence.