WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 145 Water to be used only for firefighting purposes

WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 145

145 Water to be used only for firefighting purposes

(1) A person must not take water from a firefighting system or a service provider’s hydrant without the permission of the service provider unless the water is taken for firefighting purposes.

Note—

Under the Fire and Emergency Services Act 1990 , section 53 (2) (h) , the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service may take water for firefighting purposes from any source whether natural or artificial.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units.

(2) If a person is convicted of an offence against subsection (1) , the service provider may recover from the person as a debt the amount of the loss or the reasonable cost of repairing any damage caused by the unlawful taking of the water.