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Water Act 2000
sec.25NEffect of appointee carrying out measures or achieving outcomes
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### sec.25N Effect of appointee carrying out measures or achieving outcomes
A person appointed under section 25M (2) (the appointee ) may do all things necessary or convenient to comply with the direction or response.
A person in possession of premises on which the service provider’s infrastructure is situated must give the appointee access to the premises to enable the appointee to comply with the direction or response.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
A person in possession of premises must not take action or refuse to take action if the taking or refusal has the effect of preventing the appointee from, or hindering the appointee in, complying with the direction or response.
Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.
Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to an act done, or omission made, during or relating to industrial action under the Industrial Relations Act 2016 .
The service provider is liable for the appointee’s reasonable costs of complying with the direction or response as agent for the service provider.
s 25N ins 2005 No. 56 s 4
amd 2016 No. 63 s 1157 sch 6
(sec.25N-ssec.1) A person appointed under section 25M (2) (the appointee ) may do all things necessary or convenient to comply with the direction or response.
(sec.25N-ssec.2) A person in possession of premises on which the service provider’s infrastructure is situated must give the appointee access to the premises to enable the appointee to comply with the direction or response. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
(sec.25N-ssec.3) A person in possession of premises must not take action or refuse to take action if the taking or refusal has the effect of preventing the appointee from, or hindering the appointee in, complying with the direction or response. Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.
(sec.25N-ssec.4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to an act done, or omission made, during or relating to industrial action under the Industrial Relations Act 2016 .
(sec.25N-ssec.5) The service provider is liable for the appointee’s reasonable costs of complying with the direction or response as agent for the service provider.