Part 2Provisions relating to supply of drinking water
Statutory management and transfer of operations
83Non-performance by drinking water supplier
This section applies if the chief executive considers, in accordance with section 84, that—
- a drinking water supplier has persistently failed to comply with 1 or more legislative requirements; or
- there is a serious risk to public health relating to a drinking water supply.
The chief executive may—
- appoint 1 or more operators to act in place of the supplier to perform all or any of the supplier’s functions or duties as an operator under this Act; or
- require the drinking water supplier to appoint 1 or more operators to act in place of the supplier to perform all or any of the supplier’s functions or duties as an operator under this Act.
Compare
- 2004 No 72 s 277


