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118K Misleading information about sewage processing
(1) If the chief health officer has reasonable grounds for believing that a
sewerage utility has published misleading information to the public
or to a section of the public about the processing of sewage 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.
Sewage Division 6B.2
(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.