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Water Industry Competition Act 2006
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#### 10B Compliance notice
10B Compliance notice
> > (1) If a statutory default occurs, IPART may give written notice (a compliance notice) to the alleged defaulter specifying the default and requiring the alleged defaulter to take specified action, within a period specified in the notice, to remedy or mitigate the consequences of the default or to prevent the continuance or recurrence of the default.
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> > (2) Without limiting the action that may be specified, a compliance notice may—
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> > > (a) require a notice to be given to customers or to be published, or
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> > > (b) require an audit and compliance program to be undertaken, or
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> > > (c) require a training program to be undertaken.
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> > (3) If the alleged defaulter fails to take the specified action within the time allowed in the notice, the alleged defaulter is guilty of an offence.
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> > Maximum penalty—
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> > > (a) for a corporation—18,000 penalty units, or
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> > > (b) for an individual—3,500 penalty units.
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> > (4) IPART is not required to give an alleged defaulter an opportunity to make submissions on a compliance notice or proposed compliance notice before it is given despite a requirement of the rules of procedural fairness.
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> **s 10B:** Ins 2021 No 26, Sch 1\[4\].