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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Miscellaneous provisions - Offences - Offences relating to stormwater network

323: Negligently engaging in conduct relating to stormwater network that causes specified serious risk

You could also call this:

"Causing big problems with stormwater networks by being careless is against the law."

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If you do something careless with a stormwater network, you can cause a big problem. This is called a specified serious risk and it is against the law. You can get in trouble if you do this.

If you break this law, you can get a big fine. For an individual, the fine can be up to $50,000. For a company or group, the fine can be up to $1 million.

You can look at similar laws, like s 415, to learn more about this. This law is part of the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025. It helps keep you and your community safe from stormwater problems.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Offences: Offences relating to stormwater network

323Negligently engaging in conduct relating to stormwater network that causes specified serious risk

  1. A person commits an offence if they negligently engage in conduct relating to a stormwater network that causes a specified serious risk.

  2. A person who commits an offence against this section is liable on conviction,—

  3. for an individual, to a fine not exceeding $50,000:
    1. for a body corporate or an unincorporated body, to a fine not exceeding $1 million.

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