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Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
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### sec.465 Who may give compliance notice
This section applies if the chief executive, regulator or an authorised officer reasonably believes—
a person—
is contravening a provision of this Act; or
has contravened a provision of this Act in circumstances that make it likely the contravention will continue or be repeated; and
a matter relating to the contravention is reasonably capable of being rectified; and
it is appropriate to give the person an opportunity to rectify the matter.
The chief executive, regulator or authorised officer may give the person a notice (a compliance notice ) requiring the person to remedy the contravention.
Subsection (4) applies if the giving of the compliance notice is for a matter for which a show cause notice has been given by the regulator.
The compliance notice may be given only if, after considering any properly made submission by the service provider about the show cause notice, the regulator still believes it is appropriate to give the compliance notice.
(sec.465-ssec.1) This section applies if the chief executive, regulator or an authorised officer reasonably believes— a person— is contravening a provision of this Act; or has contravened a provision of this Act in circumstances that make it likely the contravention will continue or be repeated; and a matter relating to the contravention is reasonably capable of being rectified; and it is appropriate to give the person an opportunity to rectify the matter.
(sec.465-ssec.2) The chief executive, regulator or authorised officer may give the person a notice (a compliance notice ) requiring the person to remedy the contravention.
(sec.465-ssec.3) Subsection (4) applies if the giving of the compliance notice is for a matter for which a show cause notice has been given by the regulator.
(sec.465-ssec.4) The compliance notice may be given only if, after considering any properly made submission by the service provider about the show cause notice, the regulator still believes it is appropriate to give the compliance notice.
- (a) a person— (i) is contravening a provision of this Act; or (ii) has contravened a provision of this Act in circumstances that make it likely the contravention will continue or be repeated; and
- (i) is contravening a provision of this Act; or
- (ii) has contravened a provision of this Act in circumstances that make it likely the contravention will continue or be repeated; and
- (b) a matter relating to the contravention is reasonably capable of being rectified; and
- (c) it is appropriate to give the person an opportunity to rectify the matter.
- (i) is contravening a provision of this Act; or
- (ii) has contravened a provision of this Act in circumstances that make it likely the contravention will continue or be repeated; and