WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 73H Trading water access right before water announcement made or generally available in contravention of the Basin Plan
WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 73H
Trading water access right before water announcement made or generally available in contravention of the Basin Plan(1) A person contravenes this subsection if the person contravenes subsection 12.51(2) of the Basin Plan.
(2) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Note 1: In proceedings against a person for a contravention of a civil penalty provision, it is generally not necessary to prove the person's state of mind (see section 154C).
Note 2: A person who wishes to rely on the exception in section 12.52 of the Basin Plan bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in that section (see section 154E of this Act).
Note 3: This section applies in relation to conduct described in section 73J or 73K.
Civil penalty:
(a) for an individual--1,000 penalty units; or
(b) for a body corporate--10,000 penalty units.