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South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009
sec.53BQPower to give work direction
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### sec.53BQ Power to give work direction
This section applies if—
a distributor-retailer is carrying out, or has carried out, water infrastructure work on a publicly-controlled place; and
the public entity reasonably considers work should be, or should have been, carried out to ensure compliance with a condition imposed under section 53BK or an obligation under division 2 .
The entity may give the distributor-retailer a notice (a work direction ) directing the distributor-retailer to carry out stated work to comply with the condition or obligation within a stated reasonable period.
The work direction must—
identify the condition or obligation; and
include, or be accompanied by, an information notice about the decision to give the direction.
s 53BQ ins 2010 No. 20 s 9
(sec.53BQ-ssec.1) This section applies if— a distributor-retailer is carrying out, or has carried out, water infrastructure work on a publicly-controlled place; and the public entity reasonably considers work should be, or should have been, carried out to ensure compliance with a condition imposed under section 53BK or an obligation under division 2 .
(sec.53BQ-ssec.2) The entity may give the distributor-retailer a notice (a work direction ) directing the distributor-retailer to carry out stated work to comply with the condition or obligation within a stated reasonable period.
(sec.53BQ-ssec.3) The work direction must— identify the condition or obligation; and include, or be accompanied by, an information notice about the decision to give the direction.
- (a) a distributor-retailer is carrying out, or has carried out, water infrastructure work on a publicly-controlled place; and
- (b) the public entity reasonably considers work should be, or should have been, carried out to ensure compliance with a condition imposed under section 53BK or an obligation under division 2 .
- (a) identify the condition or obligation; and
- (b) include, or be accompanied by, an information notice about the decision to give the direction.