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Public Health Act 1997
118GContaminated drinking water provided by water utility
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118G Contaminated drinking water provided by water utility (1) A water utility must not, without lawful authority, knowingly or recklessly contaminate water used, or for use, as drinking water by people or animals. (2) A water utility that contravenes subsection (1) commits a separate offence for each day during any part of which the contamination continues.