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Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - Remedial action

128: Costs of remedial or other action

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"Paying for fixing water service problems"

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You can be charged for the costs of fixing a problem. The Water Services Authority can make you pay for the costs of fixing a problem if you got a compliance order under section 126 or section 127. The Water Services Authority can take this money from you as a debt.

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Part 3Standards, enforcement, and other matters
Remedial action

128Costs of remedial or other action

  1. The Water Services Authority may recover as a debt due to the Water Services Authority the reasonable costs of any remedial action taken under—

  2. section 126 from the person to whom a compliance order is issued; or
    1. section 127 from any person to whom a compliance order could have been issued in relation to the matter.

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      • Section 128: amended, on , by section 111(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).