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Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
sec.352Rejecting failure impact assessment
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### sec.352 Rejecting failure impact assessment
The chief executive may reject a failure impact assessment or a recertified assessment if the assessment or recertified assessment is incorrect or incomplete in a material particular or not completed in accordance with the failure impact assessment guidelines.
If the chief executive rejects the assessment or the recertified assessment, the chief executive must, within 30 business days after the rejection, give the owner of the dam an information notice.
If the assessment relates to an existing dam, the information notice must require the owner to—
have a new assessment completed and certified; and
give the certified assessment to the chief executive for a decision under section 349 within the reasonable period stated in the notice.
The owner must comply with the notice unless the owner has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty for subsection (4) —1,665 penalty units.
This provision is an executive liability provision—see section 487 .
s 352 amd 2013 No. 51 s 229 sch 1
(sec.352-ssec.1) The chief executive may reject a failure impact assessment or a recertified assessment if the assessment or recertified assessment is incorrect or incomplete in a material particular or not completed in accordance with the failure impact assessment guidelines.
(sec.352-ssec.2) If the chief executive rejects the assessment or the recertified assessment, the chief executive must, within 30 business days after the rejection, give the owner of the dam an information notice.
(sec.352-ssec.3) If the assessment relates to an existing dam, the information notice must require the owner to— have a new assessment completed and certified; and give the certified assessment to the chief executive for a decision under section 349 within the reasonable period stated in the notice.
(sec.352-ssec.4) The owner must comply with the notice unless the owner has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty for subsection (4) —1,665 penalty units. This provision is an executive liability provision—see section 487 .
- (a) have a new assessment completed and certified; and
- (b) give the certified assessment to the chief executive for a decision under section 349 within the reasonable period stated in the notice.