S.L. 549.166 Art. 15Application for closure, sealing and decommissioning of a groundwater source.

(1) When the user of a groundwater source intends to close, seal and decommission a groundwater source, he shall submit an application in writing to the Authority for its approval in the form and manner as the Authority may require and together with this application there shall be paid an application fee as established in the Schedule: Provided that no works to close, seal and decommission a groundwater source shall be carried out until the approval for such works is obtained in writing from the Authority.

(2) Any person who carries out any such works referred to in sub-regulation (1) or causes such works to be carried out, without the prior approval of the Authority, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction be liable to:

(a) imprisonment for not more than eighteen months, or to a fine (multa) of not less than ten thousand euro and not more than fifty thousand euro; or

(b) to a fine (multa) of not more than one thousand three hundred euro for each day during which the offence persists.

(3) Any works carried out in terms of sub-regulation (1) shall be carried out at the expense of the user and shall be carried out under the supervision of the Corporation or its contractor: Provided that the user shall not be relieved of his liability for the payment of any annual metering fee due, until the date of closure, sealing and decommissioning of such groundwater source.

(4) The costs incurred by the Authority and, or the Corporation associated with the supervision of the sealing and decommissioning of groundwater sources shall be recovered from the user of the source to be sealed and decommissioned.