Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - Compliance orders

121: Compliance with compliance order

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"Following a compliance order means doing what it says within the given time."

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You must follow a compliance order. You have to comply with the order within the time it says. You also have to pay the costs of complying with it, unless the order says otherwise. You have to do what the order says, even if you do not agree with it. However, you can appeal the order under sections 93 to 96. This means you can ask a higher authority to review the order. You should be aware that there are rules about complying with a compliance order. These rules are important to follow. You can find more information about appealing an order in the relevant sections.

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Part 3Standards, enforcement, and other matters
Compliance orders

121Compliance with compliance order

  1. A person on whom a compliance order is served must—

  2. comply with the order within the period specified in it; and
    1. unless the order directs otherwise, pay all the costs and expenses of complying with it.
      1. This section is subject to the rights of appeal in sections 93 to 96.

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