WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 294 Evidentiary provision for meters
WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 294
Evidentiary provision for meters
(1) Where in any proceedings under this Act it is proved that (a) a meter used to measure the quantity of water taken from a water resource has been adjusted or modified in a manner that affects the accuracy of the meter; or(b) a pipe has been installed to bypass a meter referred to in paragraph (a) ; or(c) any other pipe or fitting has been interfered with it is to be presumed (in the absence of proof to the contrary) that the occupier of the land on which the meter, pipe or other fitting is situated, or a person acting on his or her behalf, was the person who (d) adjusted or modified the meter; or(e) installed the pipe bypassing the meter; or(f) interfered with the pipe or other fitting.(2) Where, for the purposes of an infringement notice or any proceedings under this Act, a reading from a meter is used as evidence that a person took water without authority, took water in excess of an authorised quantity of water or took water contrary to a condition endorsed on a licence, a meter reading obtained in accordance with section 233 is evidence of the amount of water taken.