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Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - Offences - Offence relating to drinking water safety plans

181: Offence involving drinking water safety plan

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"Breaking Drinking Water Safety Rules Can Lead to a Big Fine"

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You commit an offence if you are a drinking water supplier and you have a duty under section 30 or section 58 and you fail to comply with that duty. You must comply with any conditions to an exemption. If you fail to comply, you can be fined. You can be fined up to $50,000 if you are an individual. If you are a body corporate or an unincorporated body, you can be fined up to $200,000. This fine is for failing to comply with your duties as a drinking water supplier.

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Part 3Standards, enforcement, and other matters
Offences: Offence relating to drinking water safety plans

181Offence involving drinking water safety plan

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

  2. has a duty under—
    1. section 30; or
      1. section 58, including the duty to comply with any condition to an exemption; and
      2. fails to comply with that condition or 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.