Farmer fined more than 10k
By Justin Andrew,WNS Linapore Correspondent
ARNOLD - A Jurish farmer has been fined $10,500 for taking water illegally. The farmer plead guilty in the Arnold District court last week to taking water without resource consent in February.
It is the second case this month of taking water without a permit - two weeks ago a farmer in Longman was fined $12,000 after being spotted irrigating without permission. Environment Court Judge Jon Jackson says this farmer's fine was considerably lower than what it could have been because of an early guilty plea and a clean record. Ninety percent of the fine goes to Environment Ministry.
posted by wnsworld @ 11:45 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home