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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Provision of water services: operational matters - Other operational matters

214: Restriction of water service to person who commits offence, etc

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"Water supply can be cut off if you break water rules or laws"

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If you commit an offence against the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025, a water service provider can restrict the water supply to your property. This can also happen if you break a water services bylaw made under section 258 or section 269, or if you do not comply with any other requirement of the Act. You can also have your water supply restricted if you obstruct a compliance officer appointed under section 278 from doing their job.

A water service provider must not restrict your water supply if it would create unsanitary conditions at your property. They also must not restrict your water supply if it would conflict with their duty to ensure you have enough drinking water, as stated in section 25 of the Water Services Act 2021. The provider has to consider how and when they restrict your water supply to make sure it does not cause these problems.

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Part 3Provision of water services: operational matters
Other operational matters

214Restriction of water service to person who commits offence, etc

  1. A water service provider may, in any way it considers appropriate, restrict the water supply to a person’s property if the person—

  2. commits an offence against this Act; or
    1. contravenes, or refuses or fails to comply with, a water services bylaw made under section 258 (including by committing an infringement offence specified in a water services bylaw under section 269); or
      1. contravenes, or refuses or fails to comply with, any other requirement of this Act or any requirement by a water service provider or a compliance officer; or
        1. obstructs a compliance officer appointed under section 278 in the exercise of the officer’s compliance powers, including by denying the officer entry to the person’s land.

          1. The provider must not restrict water supply to a person’s property if the restriction, due to the circumstances or manner in which it is imposed,—

          2. creates unsanitary conditions at the property; or
            1. conflicts with the duty to ensure that a sufficient quantity of drinking water is provided under section 25 of the Water Services Act 2021.

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