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Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
sec.348Cost of failure impact assessment
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### sec.348 Cost of failure impact assessment
For a failure impact assessment required under section 343 (1) , (2) , (3) or (4) , the owner of the dam must pay the cost of preparing and certifying the failure impact assessment.
For a failure impact assessment required under section 343 (5) or carried out by an owner of a dam for which a referable dam notice is given—
the chief executive must pay the reasonable cost of preparing and certifying the assessment if—
the chief executive accepts the assessment; and
the dam, or the proposed dam, is assessed as having neither a category 1 nor a category 2 failure impact rating; and
for a failure impact assessment required under section 343 (5) —the dam, or the proposed dam, does not meet the criteria stated in section 343 (1) (a) or (b) ; or
otherwise, the owner of the dam must pay the cost of preparing and certifying the assessment.
For subsections (1) and (2) , the cost of preparing and certifying the assessment includes the cost of any review of the assessment under section 351 .
s 348 amd 2010 No. 20 s 152 ; 2017 No. 11 s 12
(sec.348-ssec.1) For a failure impact assessment required under section 343 (1) , (2) , (3) or (4) , the owner of the dam must pay the cost of preparing and certifying the failure impact assessment.
(sec.348-ssec.2) For a failure impact assessment required under section 343 (5) or carried out by an owner of a dam for which a referable dam notice is given— the chief executive must pay the reasonable cost of preparing and certifying the assessment if— the chief executive accepts the assessment; and the dam, or the proposed dam, is assessed as having neither a category 1 nor a category 2 failure impact rating; and for a failure impact assessment required under section 343 (5) —the dam, or the proposed dam, does not meet the criteria stated in section 343 (1) (a) or (b) ; or otherwise, the owner of the dam must pay the cost of preparing and certifying the assessment.
(sec.348-ssec.3) For subsections (1) and (2) , the cost of preparing and certifying the assessment includes the cost of any review of the assessment under section 351 .
- (a) the chief executive must pay the reasonable cost of preparing and certifying the assessment if— (i) the chief executive accepts the assessment; and (ii) the dam, or the proposed dam, is assessed as having neither a category 1 nor a category 2 failure impact rating; and (iii) for a failure impact assessment required under section 343 (5) —the dam, or the proposed dam, does not meet the criteria stated in section 343 (1) (a) or (b) ; or
- (i) the chief executive accepts the assessment; and
- (ii) the dam, or the proposed dam, is assessed as having neither a category 1 nor a category 2 failure impact rating; and
- (iii) for a failure impact assessment required under section 343 (5) —the dam, or the proposed dam, does not meet the criteria stated in section 343 (1) (a) or (b) ; or
- (b) otherwise, the owner of the dam must pay the cost of preparing and certifying the assessment.
- (i) the chief executive accepts the assessment; and
- (ii) the dam, or the proposed dam, is assessed as having neither a category 1 nor a category 2 failure impact rating; and
- (iii) for a failure impact assessment required under section 343 (5) —the dam, or the proposed dam, does not meet the criteria stated in section 343 (1) (a) or (b) ; or