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WATER RESOURCES ACT 2007 - SECT 77B Offences—do bore work without licence

WATER RESOURCES ACT 2007 - SECT 77B

Offences—do bore work without licence

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     does bore work; and

        (b)     does not hold a driller's licence to do the bore work.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

Note     Driller's licence means a licence under s 35.

    (2)     A person who is the owner or occupier of land commits an offence if—

        (a)     bore work is done on the land; and

        (b)     the person does not have a bore work licence for the bore work.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (3)     A person who is the holder of a driller's licence commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person does bore work on land; and

        (b)     the owner or occupier of the land does not have a bore work licence for the bore work.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

Note     Bore work licence means a licence under s 39.

    (4)     Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to bore work that is exempt from the requirement for a bore work licence under a regulation.