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Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - Offences - Offence relating to duty to notify notifiable risk or hazard

176: Offence involving failure to notify Water Services Authority of notifiable risk or hazard

You could also call this:

"Breaking the law by not telling the Water Services Authority about a water risk"

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You commit an offence if you are a drinking water supplier and you have a duty to notify the Water Services Authority of a notifiable risk or hazard under section 35(2)(b) but you fail to do so. You can be fined if you commit this offence. The fine can be up to $50,000 for an individual or up to $200,000 for a body corporate or an unincorporated body.

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Offences: Offence relating to duty to notify notifiable risk or hazard

176Offence involving failure to notify Water Services Authority of notifiable risk or hazard

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

  2. has a duty under section 35(2)(b) to notify the Water Services Authority of a notifiable risk or hazard; and
    1. fails to comply with that duty.

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

      2. for an individual, to a fine not exceeding $50,000:
        1. for a body corporate or an unincorporated body, to a fine not exceeding $200,000.

          Notes
          • Section 176 heading: amended, on , by section 111(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
          • Section 176(1)(a): amended, on , by section 111(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).