WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 815 Removing quarry material

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 815

815 Removing quarry material

(1) A person must not remove quarry material without an allocation notice.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.

(2) A person must not contravene the conditions of an allocation notice, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.

(3) On a conviction for an offence under subsection (1) , the court in addition to imposing a penalty may order the offender pay to the chief executive royalty at the rate prescribed under a regulation for the State quarry material removed in contravention of subsection (1) .

(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who collects quarry material while fossicking under a licence under the Fossicking Act 1994 if the person does not collect more than 1m 3 of quarry material in a year.