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Water Services Act 2021

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

180: Offence involving failure to notify changes in details on register

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"Breaking the law by not telling the Water Services Authority about changes to your details"

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You commit an offence if you are a drinking water supplier and you have to tell the Water Services Authority about any changes to your details on the register, but you do not do it. You have this duty because of section 56(3) of the Water Services Act 2021. If you break this rule, you can get a fine. If you are an individual, the fine can be up to $50,000. If you are a company or a group, the fine can be up to $250,000. You will get this fine if you are found guilty of not telling the Water Services Authority about the changes to your details.

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Offences: Offences relating to duty to register drinking water supply

180Offence involving failure to notify changes in details on register

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

  2. has a duty under section 56(3) to notify the Water Services Authority of any change of any particulars that are recorded in the register in respect of the person’s drinking water supply; 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 $250,000.

          Notes
          • Section 180(1)(a): amended, on , by section 111(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).