Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - Compliance orders

124: Formal irregularities or defects in order

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"Mistakes in an order don't always make it invalid"

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You can still follow a compliance order even if it has mistakes. The order is only invalid if the mistakes cause unfairness. You can find similar information in the legislation from 2015 https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM5977070

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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS374832.

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Part 3Standards, enforcement, and other matters
Compliance orders

124Formal irregularities or defects in order

  1. A compliance order is not invalid merely because of any defect, irregularity, omission, or want of form in the order unless the defect, irregularity, omission, or want of form causes or is likely to cause a miscarriage of justice.

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