WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 250B Concurrent operation intended

WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 250B

  (1)   The Commonwealth water legislation is not intended to exclude or limit the concurrent operation of any law of a State.

  (2)   If:

  (a)   an act or omission of a person is both an offence against the Commonwealth water legislation and an offence against the law of a State; and

  (b)   the person is convicted of either of those offences;

the person is not liable to be convicted of the other of those offences.

  (3)   This section does not apply to a law of a State if there is a direct inconsistency between the Commonwealth water legislation and that law of a State.

Note:   Section   250D avoids direct inconsistency arising in some cases by limiting the operation of the Commonwealth water legislation.