New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HUNTER WATER ACT 1991 - SECT 26

26 Compensation to Corporation for damage

(1) Without limiting section 25, a person who, without the consent of the Corporation, carries out any activity that causes destruction of, damage to or interference with any work owned by the Corporation in circumstances in which the person should have known that the destruction, damage or interference would result from the carrying out of the activity, is liable to compensate the Corporation for all loss or damage suffered by the Corporation as a result.

(2) The Corporation is not entitled to compensation both under this section and another provision of this Act for the same destruction, damage or interference.

(3) In this section, "person" extends to any person:

(a) who caused the carrying out of the activity, or

(b) by whose order or direction the activity was carried out, or

(c) who aided, assisted, counselled or procured the carrying out of the activity.

(4) The Corporation may proceed against a person for recovery of its loss or compensation for its damage under this section whether or not the Corporation has proceeded against the person principally responsible for the loss or damage or any other person involved in the carrying out of the activity that caused the loss or damage.