South Australian Consolidated Acts

WATERWORKS ACT 1932 - SECT 49

49—Unauthorised fittings

Any person, being an owner or occupier of land supplied with water under this Act who—

            (a)         for the purpose of taking in a manner not authorised by this Act any such water, uses in or places on, or affixes or attaches to, such land, or to any prescribed fitting, or wilfully permits to be used in or placed on, or affixed or attached to such land, or to any fitting, any instrument or thing not authorised in that behalf by the Corporation; or

            (b)         alters, misuses, injures, or removes any prescribed fitting, except for the purpose of necessary repairs,

shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars, without prejudice to the right of the Corporation to recover from him damages in respect of any injury by such owner or occupier done or wilfully permitted to be done to the Corporation's property, and without prejudice to the Corporation's right to recover from him the value of any water wasted, misused, or unduly consumed.