120Power to serve compliance order

1. The chief executive may serve a compliance order on any person—

2. requiring that person to stop, or prohibiting that person from starting, anything done or to be done by, or on behalf of, that person that the chief executive believes, on reasonable grounds,—
   1. contravenes, or is likely to contravene, any legislative requirement or drinking water safety plan (including any undertakings given by third parties to the plan); or
   2. will or may create a serious risk to public health that relates to a drinking water supply; or
3. requiring that person to do something that the chief executive believes, on reasonable grounds, will—
   1. ensure compliance by, or on behalf of, that person with the legislative requirements or drinking water safety plan (including any undertakings given by third parties to the plan); or
   2. prevent, reduce, or eliminate any serious risk to public health that relates to a drinking water supply.

4. The chief executive may serve a compliance order on a water service provider requiring the provider—

5. to stop, or prohibiting the provider from starting or continuing, anything done or to be done that the chief executive believes, on reasonable grounds, contravenes any of sections 97K to 97N; or
6. to do something that the chief executive believes, on reasonable grounds, will ensure compliance with any of those provisions.

7. A compliance order may be made subject to directions and conditions (for example, directions to amend a drinking water safety plan).

8. To avoid doubt, a compliance order served under this section may require the treatment of drinking water.