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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Miscellaneous provisions - Offences - Offences relating to duties associated with administration of Act

334: Intentionally hindering or obstructing employee or agent of territorial authority or water organisation

You could also call this:

"Don't stop people from doing their water services job on purpose or you can get fined."

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If you stop someone from doing their job on purpose, you can get in trouble. This person must be working for a territorial authority or water organisation and doing a task related to the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025. You can be fined if you are found guilty of doing this.

If you are an individual, you can be fined up to $10,000. If you are a company or a group, you can be fined up to $250,000. This is what happens if you break the rules in this section of the Act.

You can look at similar rules in the past, like in the s 428 law, to see how they have changed over time.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Offences: Offences relating to duties associated with administration of Act

334Intentionally hindering or obstructing employee or agent of territorial authority or water organisation

  1. A person commits an offence if they intentionally hinder or obstruct an employee or agent of a territorial authority or water organisation who is performing a duty or function, or exercising a power, under this Act.

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

  3. for an individual, to a fine not exceeding $10,000:
    1. for a body corporate or an unincorporated body, to a fine not exceeding $250,000.

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