35Duty to notify Water Services Authority of notifiable risk or hazard

1. The Water Services Authority may, by notice, declare risks or hazards that relate to or affect the supply of drinking water to be notifiable risks or hazards.

2. A notice under subsection (1) may relate to—

3. all drinking water supplies or drinking water suppliers; or
4. a class of drinking water supplies or drinking water suppliers.

5. A drinking water supplier must, immediately after becoming aware that a notifiable risk or hazard exists,—

6. take immediate action to ensure that public health is protected; and
7. notify the Water Services Authority of the notifiable risk or hazard in an approved form; and
8. investigate the source or the cause of the notifiable risk or hazard; and
9. take action to prevent, reduce, or eliminate the risk or hazard; and
10. take all practicable steps, to the satisfaction of the Water Services Authority, to advise affected consumers and drinking water suppliers about the notifiable risk or hazard; and
11. identify and implement measures required to ensure that the notifiable risk or hazard does not reoccur.

12. The Water Services Authority must, on receiving notification under subsection (2)(b), notify the relevant medical officer of health that a notifiable risk or hazard exists.

13. A declaration made under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).