118JSewage processing health risk—public warning by utility

118J Sewage processing health risk—public warning by utility (1) This section applies if a sewerage utility has reasonable grounds for believing that an imminent serious risk to public health is likely to arise because of the processing of sewage by it. (2) The sewerage 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 sewerage 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.