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Public Health Act 1997
118EMisleading information about water processing
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118E Misleading information about water processing
(1) If the chief health officer has reasonable grounds for believing that a
water utility has published misleading information to the public or to
a section of the public about the processing of drinking water by the
utility, the chief health officer may, by written notice to the utility,
direct the utility to correct the information in the manner stated in the
direction.
(2) The direction may include a requirement that the utility publish the
correction in a stated manner, in a stated medium (or media) and
within a stated period.
(3) The utility must comply with the direction.
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