91HFailure to install, use or maintain metering equipment

91H Failure to install, use or maintain metering equipment

91H Failure to install, use or maintain metering equipment

(1) A person must not fail to install or use in connection with a water management work metering equipment the person is required to install or use under—

(a) the conditions of an access licence or approval, or

(b) a direction under section 326, or

(c) a regulation made under Chapter 3, Part 6.

Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty.

Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty.

(2) A person must not fail to ensure the proper operation of metering equipment that has been installed in connection with a water management work.

Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty.

Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty.

(3) A person must not, for metering equipment used in connection with a water management work, fail to comply with a regulation setting out—

(a) a standard or requirement for the installation or location of metering equipment, or

(b) another standard or requirement relating to metering equipment.

Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty.

Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty.

(4) It is a defence to proceedings under subsection (3) if the accused person establishes that the failure to comply with the regulation was caused by work done to the metering equipment by a duly qualified person.

s 91H: Ins 2008 No 73, Sch 1 [4]. Am 2014 No 48, Sch 1.6 [1]; 2018 No 31, Sch 1 [39]–[42]. Subst 2025 No 70, Sch 3[51].