66Entry to inspect, etc., water and sewerage services

66 Entry to inspect, etc., water and sewerage services installations (1) A services officer may, at any reasonable time, enter and remain in a place to which water supply or sewerage services are, are to be, or have been, supplied by the licensee: (a) to inspect and test water supply or sewerage services installations within the place that are connected or may be connected to the water supply or sewerage services infrastructure of the licensee and that may, in the opinion of the officer, create a hazard to the licensee's infrastructure or to the continued health or security of supply of other customers; or

Water Supply and Sewerage Services Act 2000 34 (b) to investigate suspected theft of water or effluent. (2) In an emergency or if urgent works are required to protect the safety of water supply or sewerage services, the public or infrastructure, a services officer may exercise a power of entry under this section at any time and, if necessary in the circumstances, by the use of reasonable force. (3) When a services officer enters a place under this section, the officer: (a) may be accompanied by such assistants as the officer considers necessary or appropriate; and (b) may take any vehicles or equipment the officer considers necessary or appropriate for the functions the officer is to carry out in the place. (4) If, in the opinion of a services officer, a water supply or sewerage services installation in a place creates a hazard to the licensee's infrastructure, the health of customers or to the security of supply to customers, the officer may do the following: (a) disconnect the water supply or sewerage services to the place until the hazard is removed; (b) direct the owner or occupier of the place to carry out work on the installation to remove the hazard. (5) In this section, water supply or sewerage services installations means assets that are connected to, or are capable of being connected to, the water supply or sewerage services infrastructure of the licensee.