12ARegister of information about water enforcement action

12A Register of information about water enforcement action

12A Register of information about water enforcement action

(1) The Regulator may keep, and may make publicly available, a register of information about enforcement actions taken by or on behalf of the Regulator under the Water Management Act 2000.

(2) The register may include the following information—

(a) the identities of persons on whom administrative penalties have been imposed under the Water Management Act 2000 and the administrative penalties imposed,

(b) the identity of any person to whom a penalty notice has been issued in respect of an offence under that Act and particulars of the offence,

(c) particulars of any direction issued by the Regulator under Part 1 of Chapter 7 of that Act and the identities of any persons to whom the direction is given,

(d) particulars of any decision to suspend or cancel an access licence under section 78 of that Act or to suspend or cancel an approval under section 109 of that Act,

(e) any other information prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.

(3) Regulations may be made for or with respect to the register kept under this section.

(4) Information may be disclosed in accordance with a regulation made under this section despite any prohibition in, or the need to comply with a requirement of, any Act or law (in particular, the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (other than Part 6 of that Act)).

(5) No liability (including liability for defamation) is incurred by a person or the Crown for publishing in good faith information in a register under this section.

s 12A: Ins 2018 No 31, Sch 2.3 [1]. Am 2025 No 70, Sch 1[8] [9].