65BEntry of land

65B Entry of land

65B Entry of land

(1) A registered operator may, by any of its authorised agents, enter any land in accordance with this Division for any one or more of the following purposes—

(a) to carry out an inspection or maintenance work on any of its water industry infrastructure,

(b) to carry out necessary repair work on any of its water industry infrastructure,

(b1) to carry out work to remove or replace part of its water industry infrastructure,

(c) to carry out emergency work on any of its water industry infrastructure,

(d) to carry out an inspection of, or repair or maintenance work on, a customer’s infrastructure, but only if there are reasonable grounds to believe the customer’s infrastructure is having or will have a negative impact on the registered operator’s capacity to operate its water industry infrastructure in a way that protects public health and safety and the environment.

(2) Except in emergencies, a power of entry may be exercised only during daylight hours.

s 65B: Ins 2011 No 66, Sch 1 [23]. Am 2021 No 26, Sch 1[32]–[34].