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Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - Powers of compliance officers - Purpose

103: Purpose of powers in this subpart

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"Why compliance officers have special powers to keep your drinking water safe"

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You can think of a compliance officer as someone who checks if people are following the rules. They can use their powers for several reasons. They want to make sure you are safe when drinking water. They check if water suppliers are doing their job properly. They also make sure local authorities keep their promises about managing water sources. If there's a big risk to public health, they take action. They investigate if something has contaminated the water. They look into crimes related to water safety. They can take legal action if someone breaks the rules.

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Part 3Standards, enforcement, and other matters
Powers of compliance officers: Purpose

103Purpose of powers in this subpart

  1. A compliance officer may exercise a power under this subpart only for 1 or more of the following purposes:

  2. to ensure that legislative requirements have been, are being, or will be complied with:
    1. to ensure that a drinking water supplier has been, is, or will be complying with a drinking water safety plan:
      1. to ensure that local authorities and others are complying with any undertakings made as part of a source water risk management plan:
        1. to respond to serious risks to public health relating to drinking water:
          1. to investigate anything that might have contaminated drinking water and poses a risk to human life or public health:
            1. to investigate the commission of offences under this Act:
              1. to bring proceedings in relation to any compliance orders, enforceable undertakings, or offences under this Act.

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