Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts If any person supplied
with water by the water board does any of the following things for the purpose
of taking water in a manner not authorised by this Act, that is to
say —
(1) Uses in, places
upon, or attaches to the land, or permits to be so used, placed, or fitted,
any fitting, instrument, or thing not authorised by the water board; or
(2) Alters, misuses,
injures, or removes any authorised fitting, except for the purpose of
necessary repair,
he shall forfeit and
pay to the water board a sum not exceeding $2 000, and shall, in
addition, be liable to pay to the water board any damages sustained by the
water board in respect of any injury done to their property, and the value of
any water wasted, misused, or unduly consumed.
[Section 71 amended by No. 113 of 1965
s. 8; No. 110 of 1985 s. 156.]