WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 126 Giving of water information to the Bureau
WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 126
Giving of water information to the Bureau(1) A person specified in the regulations, or included in a class of persons specified in the regulations, must give to the Bureau a copy of water information of a kind specified in the regulations that is in the person's possession, custody or control (whether held electronically or in any other form).
(2) The copy must be given to the Bureau within the time specified in the regulations.
(3) The water information contained in the copy:
(a) must be given in the form or manner specified in the regulations; and
(b) must comply with any applicable National Water Information Standards.
(4) A person must not contravene an obligation imposed on the person under this section.
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.
(5) A person must not, in purported compliance with a requirement under this section, give to the Bureau information that is false or misleading in a material particular.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
(6) Subsection (4) does not apply to the extent that the person has a reasonable excuse. However, a person does not have a reasonable excuse merely because the water information in question is:
(a) of a commercial nature; or
(b) subject to an obligation of confidentiality arising from a commercial relationship; or
(c) commercially sensitive.