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Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
sec.301Making declaration
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### sec.301 Making declaration
The regulator may declare a recycled water scheme to be a critical recycled water scheme if the regulator reasonably believes the declaration is necessary—
to maintain continuity of operation of the scheme to meet the essential water supply needs of the community or industry; or
to ensure the appropriate management of risks to public health posed by the supply of recycled water under the scheme.
Without limiting subsection (1) , the regulator must declare a recycled water scheme to be a critical recycled water scheme if—
recycled water is supplied, or proposed to be supplied, under the scheme to augment a supply of drinking water; or
under the scheme, at least 500kL of recycled water a day is supplied, or proposed to be supplied, to premises by way of a dual reticulation system.
s 301 amd 2010 No. 20 s 142 ; 2010 No. 53 s 225 ; 2013 No. 23 s 347 ; 2014 No. 31 s 33 ; 2019 No. 17 s 347
(sec.301-ssec.1) The regulator may declare a recycled water scheme to be a critical recycled water scheme if the regulator reasonably believes the declaration is necessary— to maintain continuity of operation of the scheme to meet the essential water supply needs of the community or industry; or to ensure the appropriate management of risks to public health posed by the supply of recycled water under the scheme.
(sec.301-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the regulator must declare a recycled water scheme to be a critical recycled water scheme if— recycled water is supplied, or proposed to be supplied, under the scheme to augment a supply of drinking water; or under the scheme, at least 500kL of recycled water a day is supplied, or proposed to be supplied, to premises by way of a dual reticulation system.
- (a) to maintain continuity of operation of the scheme to meet the essential water supply needs of the community or industry; or
- (b) to ensure the appropriate management of risks to public health posed by the supply of recycled water under the scheme.
- (a) recycled water is supplied, or proposed to be supplied, under the scheme to augment a supply of drinking water; or
- (b) under the scheme, at least 500kL of recycled water a day is supplied, or proposed to be supplied, to premises by way of a dual reticulation system.