171Offence involving recklessness in supply of unsafe drinking water

1. A drinking water supplier commits an offence against this section if the supplier—

2. has a duty under—
   1. section 21 to supply drinking water that is safe; or
   2. section 22 to supply drinking water that complies with the drinking water standards; and
3. without reasonable excuse, engages in conduct that exposes any individual to whom the supplier has a duty under paragraph (a) to a serious risk of death, injury, or illness; and
4. is reckless as to the serious risk to an individual of death, injury, or illness.

5. A supplier who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction,—

6. for an individual, to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $600,000, or both:
7. for a body corporate or an unincorporated body, to a fine not exceeding $3 million.