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Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - Offences - Offences relating to exemptions, directions, and compliance orders

183: Offence involving failure to comply with compliance order or court order

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"Breaking a compliance or court order about water services is an offence"

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You commit an offence if you fail to comply with a compliance order or a court order made under the Water Services Act 2021. This includes orders issued under section 120. You can be fined if you break this rule. You can be fined up to $75,000 if you are an individual. If you are a company or a group, you can be fined up to $300,000. The court decides the fine after you are convicted.

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Part 3Standards, enforcement, and other matters
Offences: Offences relating to exemptions, directions, and compliance orders

183Offence involving failure to comply with compliance order or court order

  1. A person commits an offence against this section if the person fails to comply with the terms of a compliance order issued under section 120 or an order of the court made under this Act.

  2. A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction,—

  3. for an individual, to a fine not exceeding $75,000:
    1. for a body corporate or an unincorporated body, to a fine not exceeding $300,000.