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Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
sec.103Requirement about giving water quality information
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### sec.103 Requirement about giving water quality information
This section applies if a drinking water service provider obtains water for the provider’s drinking water service from a water storage or other infrastructure that is not part of a water service for which there is a drinking water quality management plan.
The drinking water service provider may, by notice given to the owner of the water storage or other infrastructure, ask the owner to give the drinking water service provider the information reasonably required by the provider about the quality of water in the water storage or infrastructure.
The notice must—
include enough details about the information reasonably required to enable the owner of the water storage or other infrastructure to comply with the request; and
state the reasonable period within which the information must be given.
The owner of the water storage or other infrastructure must comply with the notice, unless the owner has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
The owner of the water storage or other infrastructure may recover from the drinking water service provider the reasonable costs incurred by the owner in obtaining the information.
The owner of the water storage or other infrastructure may recover, as a debt due to the owner, any amount the owner is entitled to recover under subsection (5) .
(sec.103-ssec.1) This section applies if a drinking water service provider obtains water for the provider’s drinking water service from a water storage or other infrastructure that is not part of a water service for which there is a drinking water quality management plan.
(sec.103-ssec.2) The drinking water service provider may, by notice given to the owner of the water storage or other infrastructure, ask the owner to give the drinking water service provider the information reasonably required by the provider about the quality of water in the water storage or infrastructure.
(sec.103-ssec.3) The notice must— include enough details about the information reasonably required to enable the owner of the water storage or other infrastructure to comply with the request; and state the reasonable period within which the information must be given.
(sec.103-ssec.4) The owner of the water storage or other infrastructure must comply with the notice, unless the owner has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
(sec.103-ssec.5) The owner of the water storage or other infrastructure may recover from the drinking water service provider the reasonable costs incurred by the owner in obtaining the information.
(sec.103-ssec.6) The owner of the water storage or other infrastructure may recover, as a debt due to the owner, any amount the owner is entitled to recover under subsection (5) .
- (a) include enough details about the information reasonably required to enable the owner of the water storage or other infrastructure to comply with the request; and
- (b) state the reasonable period within which the information must be given.