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Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - Criminal proceedings

161: Continuing or repeated matters

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"Dealing with ongoing or repeated problems"

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You can take action against something that is still happening or keeps happening, even if action was taken before. The person in charge or someone else can do this. They can take action again if the problem continues or happens again.

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Part 3Standards, enforcement, and other matters
Criminal proceedings

161Continuing or repeated matters

  1. Nothing in this Act prevents the chief executive or another person from taking enforcement action in respect of an incident, situation, or set of circumstances, despite enforcement action having been taken in respect of that incident, situation, or set of circumstances, if the incident, situation, or set of circumstances is continuing or repeated.

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