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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Miscellaneous provisions - Offences - Offences relating to plans, permits, bylaws, directions, and compliance orders

326: Breach of duty in stormwater network bylaw: breach causes specified serious risk

You could also call this:

"Breaking stormwater rules can get you in trouble if it causes serious harm"

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If you have a duty under a stormwater network bylaw made under section 258 and you knowingly fail to comply with that duty, you commit an offence if that non-compliance causes a specified serious risk. You have this duty because of a bylaw that was made to help manage stormwater. If you break this rule, you can get in trouble.

If you are found guilty of this offence, you can be fined. The amount of the fine depends on whether you are an individual or a company. If you are an individual, the fine can be up to $20,000. If you are a company, the fine can be up to $200,000.

You should understand that this law is part of the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025, and it is related to other laws, such as the one mentioned in the compare section, but the details of those laws are not part of this rule.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Offences: Offences relating to plans, permits, bylaws, directions, and compliance orders

326Breach of duty in stormwater network bylaw: breach causes specified serious risk

  1. A person commits an offence if they—

  2. have a duty under a stormwater network bylaw made under section 258; and
    1. knowingly fail to comply with that duty and that non-compliance causes a specified serious risk.

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

      2. for an individual, to a fine not exceeding $20,000:
        1. for a body corporate or an unincorporated body, to a fine not exceeding $200,000.

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