sec.271Notice of prescribed incidents

### sec.271 Notice of prescribed incidents This section applies if a scheme manager, a recycled water provider or other declared entity, for a recycled water scheme (the alerting entity ) becomes aware a prescribed incident has happened in relation to the alerting entity or the scheme. The alerting entity must, unless the entity has a reasonable excuse, immediately inform each of the following of the prescribed incident— the regulator; if another entity is the responsible entity for prescribed incident—the responsible entity. Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units. If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 487A , to have also committed the offence. Subsection (4) applies— if the alerting entity is also the responsible entity for the prescribed incident—as soon as practicable after the prescribed incident; or otherwise—as soon as practicable after the alerting entity informs the responsible entity under subsection (2) . The responsible entity must, unless the entity has a reasonable excuse, give the regulator notice of the following in the approved form— the prescribed incident and the circumstances that gave rise to the prescribed incident; any action taken, or to be taken, by the entity relating to the prescribed incident; the measures the entity will take to prevent the prescribed incident happening again in the future. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 487A , to have also committed the offence. In this section— prescribed incident means an incident prescribed under a regulation. responsible entity , for a prescribed incident, means the scheme manager, recycled water provider or other declared entity, for a recycled water scheme that is responsible for taking action relating to the prescribed incident. s 271 sub 2010 No. 20 s 141 amd 2013 No. 51 s 229 sch 1 (sec.271-ssec.1) This section applies if a scheme manager, a recycled water provider or other declared entity, for a recycled water scheme (the alerting entity ) becomes aware a prescribed incident has happened in relation to the alerting entity or the scheme. (sec.271-ssec.2) The alerting entity must, unless the entity has a reasonable excuse, immediately inform each of the following of the prescribed incident— the regulator; if another entity is the responsible entity for prescribed incident—the responsible entity. Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units. If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 487A , to have also committed the offence. (sec.271-ssec.3) Subsection (4) applies— if the alerting entity is also the responsible entity for the prescribed incident—as soon as practicable after the prescribed incident; or otherwise—as soon as practicable after the alerting entity informs the responsible entity under subsection (2) . (sec.271-ssec.4) The responsible entity must, unless the entity has a reasonable excuse, give the regulator notice of the following in the approved form— the prescribed incident and the circumstances that gave rise to the prescribed incident; any action taken, or to be taken, by the entity relating to the prescribed incident; the measures the entity will take to prevent the prescribed incident happening again in the future. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 487A , to have also committed the offence. (sec.271-ssec.5) In this section— prescribed incident means an incident prescribed under a regulation. responsible entity , for a prescribed incident, means the scheme manager, recycled water provider or other declared entity, for a recycled water scheme that is responsible for taking action relating to the prescribed incident. - (a) the regulator; - (b) if another entity is the responsible entity for prescribed incident—the responsible entity. - (a) if the alerting entity is also the responsible entity for the prescribed incident—as soon as practicable after the prescribed incident; or - (b) otherwise—as soon as practicable after the alerting entity informs the responsible entity under subsection (2) . - (a) the prescribed incident and the circumstances that gave rise to the prescribed incident; - (b) any action taken, or to be taken, by the entity relating to the prescribed incident; - (c) the measures the entity will take to prevent the prescribed incident happening again in the future.