118DWater processing health risk—public warning by utility

118D Water processing health risk—public warning by utility (1) This section applies if a water utility has reasonable grounds for believing that an imminent serious risk to public health is likely to arise because of the processing of drinking water by it. (2) The water utility must— (a) tell the chief health officer as soon as possible about the risk; and (b) prepare a written notice (the public risk notice) alerting the public to the risk; and (c) notify the public risk notice under the Legislation Act 2001. (3) The public risk notice is a notifiable instrument. (4) The water utility must— (a) give additional public notice of the public risk notice; and (b) take all other reasonable measures to alert the public to the risk. requirement in s (4) (a) is in addition to the requirement for notification on the legislation register as a notifiable instrument.