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Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - Offences - Offence relating to duty to provide sufficient quantity of drinking water

177: Offence involving failure to provide sufficient quantity of drinking water

You could also call this:

"Breaking the law by not providing enough safe drinking water"

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You commit an offence if you are a drinking water supplier and you have a duty to provide enough drinking water under section 25, but you do not do this. You have this duty and you fail to comply with it. This is against the law. If you commit this offence, you can be fined. The fine is up to $50,000 for an individual. The fine is up to $200,000 for a company or group.

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Part 3Standards, enforcement, and other matters
Offences: Offence relating to duty to provide sufficient quantity of drinking water

177Offence involving failure to provide sufficient quantity of drinking water

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

  2. has a duty under section 25 to provide a sufficient quantity of drinking water; 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; and
        1. for a body corporate or an unincorporated body, to a fine not exceeding $200,000.