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Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - Offences - Offences relating to exemptions, directions, and compliance orders

182: Offence involving failure to comply with condition or direction

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"Breaking the rules: not following conditions or directions for drinking water supply"

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You commit an offence if you are a drinking water supplier and you fail to comply with a condition that applies to an exemption under section 57 or a direction issued by a compliance officer under section 104. If you commit this offence, you can be fined. The fine is up to $25,000 for an individual or up to $100,000 for a company or organisation.

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Offences: Offences relating to exemptions, directions, and compliance orders

182Offence involving failure to comply with condition or direction

  1. A drinking water supplier commits an offence against this section if the supplier fails to comply with—

  2. a condition that applies to an exemption under section 57; or
    1. a direction issued by a compliance officer under section 104.

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

      2. for an individual, to a fine not exceeding $25,000; and
        1. for a body corporate or an unincorporated body, to a fine not exceeding $100,000.