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Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - Offences - Offences relating to duty to register drinking water supply

179: Offence involving provision of false or misleading information

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"It's an offence to give false or misleading information about drinking water supplies"

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You commit an offence if you provide false or misleading information when applying to register a drinking water supply. You also commit an offence if you give false information in a drinking water safety plan. This includes omitting information you should have included. You are liable for an offence if you make false statements or omit important information in any documents related to the Water Services Act 2021. This includes destroying or altering information that is required. You can also commit an offence by tampering with samples or test results. If you commit an offence, you can be fined up to $50,000 if you are an individual. If you are a company, you can be fined up to $250,000.

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Part 3Standards, enforcement, and other matters
Offences: Offences relating to duty to register drinking water supply

179Offence involving provision of false or misleading information

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

  2. provides information in an application to register, or renew the registration of, a drinking water supply knowing that the information is false or misleading, or omits from the application any information that the person ought reasonably to have known and included in the application; or
    1. provides information in a drinking water safety plan knowing that the information is false or misleading, or omits from the plan any information that the person ought reasonably to have known and included in the plan; or
      1. makes any false or misleading statement or any material omission in any information, document, record, communication, or return for any purpose of this Act; or
        1. destroys, cancels, conceals, alters, obliterates, or fails to provide any information, document, record, communication, or return that is required to be kept or communicated for any purpose of this Act; or
          1. falsifies, removes, suppresses, or tampers with any samples, test procedures, test results, or evidence that is required for any purpose of this Act, including as part of the operation of a drinking water supply.

            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 $250,000.