144Cutting off or restricting water supply

#### 144 Cutting off or restricting water supply 144 Cutting off or restricting water supply > > (1) The council may cut off or restrict the supply of water to premises— > > > > > (a) if any water meter used to measure that supply is out of repair or, in the opinion of the council, incorrectly registers the supply of water, or > > > > > (b) if any rates or charges in respect of the water supplied to the premises are unpaid, or > > > > > (c) if, in the opinion of the council, that action is necessary because of unusual drought or other unavoidable cause or any accident, or > > > > > (d) if the owner or occupier or person requiring a supply of water fails to comply with a lawful order or requirement of the council as to installing water meters or instruments for measuring the quantity of water supplied, or > > > > > (e) if the owner or occupier or person requiring a supply of water fails to comply with a lawful order or requirement of the council to repair or alter water connections, pipes, fittings or fixtures connected to the council’s water supply system, or > > > > > (f) if the occupier of the premises contravenes a provision of Division 3 of this Part or fails to comply with any council order or public notice requiring consumers of water to economise its use in time of drought or scarcity of supply, or > > > > > (g) if the owner or occupier of the premises fails to comply with a requirement of a council order to remove, replace, alter, extend, repair or stop using a water pipe, fitting or fixture. > > > (2) The cutting off of the supply of water under this section for non-payment of rates or charges does not affect the liability of the rateable person to pay those rates or charges. > > > (3) If the council cuts off the supply of water to premises because— > > > > > (a) there is no water meter installed on the premises, or > > > > > (b) the water meter on the premises registers incorrectly, or > > > > > (c) water rates or charges for the premises are unpaid, > > > > the council may refuse to supply water to those premises until a water meter is installed on the premises, the water meter registers correctly or the water rates or charges are paid (as the case may require).