South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person who
pollutes a water supply is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Division 1 fine.
(2) If the authority
is of the opinion that a water supply may become polluted in consequence of a
particular activity, the authority may, by notice in writing addressed to the
person responsible for the activity, require the person—
(a) to
take specified action to prevent pollution of the water supply within such
time as the authority specifies in the notice; or
(b) to
desist from the activity.
(3) A person to whom a
notice under subsection (2) is addressed shall not, without reasonable
excuse, fail to comply with the notice.
Penalty: Division 1 fine.
(4) The authority may,
by further notice in writing, vary or revoke a notice given under this
section.
(5) This section does
not apply to, or in relation to—
(a) the
pollution of water supply that is authorised by or under the Water Resources
Act 1990 ;
(b) a
person in relation to the pollution of a water supply if that person is
exempted by or under the Water Resources Act 1990 from the operation of
Division 2 of Part 5 of that Act in relation to the pollution of that
water supply;
(c) the
pollution of a water supply if the pollution does not constitute an offence
under the Water Resources Act 1990 because of a regulation under that Act
declaring that the Act, or a particular provision of the Act, does not apply
to, or in relation to, the water supply.