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Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
sec.263Auditor’s responsibility to inform regulator
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### sec.263 Auditor’s responsibility to inform regulator
This section applies if, in conducting an audit about a recycled water management plan, an auditor forms a reasonable belief that—
a following entity has not, or is not, complying with the plan or a condition of the plan—
for a plan for a single-entity recycled water scheme—the recycled water provider for the scheme;
for a plan for a multiple-entity recycled water scheme—the scheme manager, or a recycled water provider or other declared entity, for the scheme; and
the noncompliance is likely to have an imminent and serious adverse effect on public health.
The auditor must immediately give details of the facts and circumstances giving rise to the belief to the regulator.
Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.
If the auditor complies with subsection (2) by giving the regulator the details orally, the auditor must, as soon as practicable after giving the details orally, give the regulator notice of the details.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
s 263 amd 2009 No. 46 s 138
(sec.263-ssec.1) This section applies if, in conducting an audit about a recycled water management plan, an auditor forms a reasonable belief that— a following entity has not, or is not, complying with the plan or a condition of the plan— for a plan for a single-entity recycled water scheme—the recycled water provider for the scheme; for a plan for a multiple-entity recycled water scheme—the scheme manager, or a recycled water provider or other declared entity, for the scheme; and the noncompliance is likely to have an imminent and serious adverse effect on public health.
(sec.263-ssec.2) The auditor must immediately give details of the facts and circumstances giving rise to the belief to the regulator. Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.
(sec.263-ssec.3) If the auditor complies with subsection (2) by giving the regulator the details orally, the auditor must, as soon as practicable after giving the details orally, give the regulator notice of the details. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
- (a) a following entity has not, or is not, complying with the plan or a condition of the plan— (i) for a plan for a single-entity recycled water scheme—the recycled water provider for the scheme; (ii) for a plan for a multiple-entity recycled water scheme—the scheme manager, or a recycled water provider or other declared entity, for the scheme; and
- (i) for a plan for a single-entity recycled water scheme—the recycled water provider for the scheme;
- (ii) for a plan for a multiple-entity recycled water scheme—the scheme manager, or a recycled water provider or other declared entity, for the scheme; and
- (b) the noncompliance is likely to have an imminent and serious adverse effect on public health.
- (i) for a plan for a single-entity recycled water scheme—the recycled water provider for the scheme;
- (ii) for a plan for a multiple-entity recycled water scheme—the scheme manager, or a recycled water provider or other declared entity, for the scheme; and