61Drinking water emergency may be declared or continued even if other emergency declared

1. A drinking water emergency—

2. may be declared even if an emergency has been declared under another enactment:
3. remains in force in accordance with section 60, even if an emergency has been declared under another enactment.

4. Despite subsection (1), if an emergency is declared under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 or the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, or a biosecurity emergency is declared under the Biosecurity Act 1993, any compliance officer or employee of the Water Services Authority is, when exercising any powers conferred by section 62, subject to the direction of,—

5. in the case of an emergency declared under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002, the Controller (within the meaning of section 4 of that Act); or
6. in the case of an emergency declared under section 136 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, the relevant office holder who appointed the enforcement officer who declared the emergency under that Act, unless the Water Services Authority directs otherwise; or
7. in the case of a biosecurity emergency declared under section 144 of the Biosecurity Act 1993, the Minister (within the meaning of section 145 of that Act), unless the Water Services Authority directs otherwise.