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### sec.203 Access for conducting a relevant audit
This section applies to the following entities—
the holder of a resource operations licence;
the holder of a distribution operations licence;
if a distribution operations licence is held by the approved nominee of the water infrastructure owner—the owner.
The entity must give an authorised person free and uninterrupted access to the water infrastructure to which the licence applies and any records relating to the water infrastructure for conducting a relevant audit.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
In this section—
authorised person means a person authorised by the chief executive to participate in conducting a relevant audit.
relevant audit means an audit for preparing an audit report under section 202 .
s 203 ins 2001 No. 75 s 51
amd 2003 No. 25 s 73 ; 2004 No. 12 s 164 ; 2004 No. 25 s 1045 ; 2005 No. 3 s 102 ; 2005 No. 19 s 77 ; 2010 No. 12 s 251 ; 2011 No. 40 s 39 ; 2010 No. 31 s 381 ; 2013 No. 23 s 255
sub 2014 No. 64 ss 67 (1) , 68
(sec.203-ssec.1) This section applies to the following entities— the holder of a resource operations licence; the holder of a distribution operations licence; if a distribution operations licence is held by the approved nominee of the water infrastructure owner—the owner.
(sec.203-ssec.2) The entity must give an authorised person free and uninterrupted access to the water infrastructure to which the licence applies and any records relating to the water infrastructure for conducting a relevant audit. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(sec.203-ssec.3) In this section— authorised person means a person authorised by the chief executive to participate in conducting a relevant audit. relevant audit means an audit for preparing an audit report under section 202 .
- (a) the holder of a resource operations licence;
- (b) the holder of a distribution operations licence;
- (c) if a distribution operations licence is held by the approved nominee of the water infrastructure owner—the owner.