56YNotice to repair

56Y Notice to repair

(1)  A regulated entity may, by notice served on the owner of land, require the owner to repair or carry out maintenance on, within the time specified in the notice or any longer time allowed by the regulated entity, any water or sewerage works on that land or that connect the land to the water infrastructure or sewerage infrastructure of the regulated entity or that are necessary for any service provided to the land by the regulated entity.

(2)  [Section 56Y Subsection (2) amended by No. 12 of 2016, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jan 2017] Any notice received under subsection (1) may not require any repairs or maintenance on any works referred to in subsection (1) to be carried out otherwise than in accordance with the Building Act 2016 .

(3)  If a notice to repair is not complied with within the time specified in it, or any longer time allowed by the regulated entity, the regulated entity may carry out the required repairs and recover its reasonable costs from each owner on whom the notice was served, other than costs that are prescribed to be the responsibility of the regulated entity.