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Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
sec.571Regulator may make guidelines
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### sec.571 Regulator may make guidelines
The regulator may make guidelines to provide guidance to persons about any of the following—
the quality of drinking water or recycled water;
preparing a drinking water quality management plan or recycled water management plan;
validating recycled water schemes;
preparing audit reports under chapter 2 or 3 ;
preparing annual reports under section 273 ;
preparing, and making publicly available, reports under section 274 ;
issuing a rate notice or account for the supply of water to residential premises;
granting exemptions for small service providers under section 147 ;
conducting a review of a recycled water management plan or drinking water quality management plan;
for schedule 3 , definition supply , paragraph (b) —who is a related entity of a person who produces recycled water;
another matter relating to the administration of this Act.
A guideline about the quality of drinking water or recycled water must not be inconsistent with any standard about the quality of drinking water or recycled water prescribed in a regulation under the Public Health Act .
s 571 amd 2009 No. 46 s 146 ; 2010 No. 20 s 171 ; 2010 No. 53 s 232 ; 2014 No. 16 s 92 ; 2014 No. 31 s 40
(sec.571-ssec.1) The regulator may make guidelines to provide guidance to persons about any of the following— the quality of drinking water or recycled water; preparing a drinking water quality management plan or recycled water management plan; validating recycled water schemes; preparing audit reports under chapter 2 or 3 ; preparing annual reports under section 273 ; preparing, and making publicly available, reports under section 274 ; issuing a rate notice or account for the supply of water to residential premises; granting exemptions for small service providers under section 147 ; conducting a review of a recycled water management plan or drinking water quality management plan; for schedule 3 , definition supply , paragraph (b) —who is a related entity of a person who produces recycled water; another matter relating to the administration of this Act.
(sec.571-ssec.2) A guideline about the quality of drinking water or recycled water must not be inconsistent with any standard about the quality of drinking water or recycled water prescribed in a regulation under the Public Health Act .
- (a) the quality of drinking water or recycled water;
- (b) preparing a drinking water quality management plan or recycled water management plan;
- (c) validating recycled water schemes;
- (e) preparing audit reports under chapter 2 or 3 ;
- (f) preparing annual reports under section 273 ;
- (g) preparing, and making publicly available, reports under section 274 ;
- (h) issuing a rate notice or account for the supply of water to residential premises;
- (i) granting exemptions for small service providers under section 147 ;
- (j) conducting a review of a recycled water management plan or drinking water quality management plan;
- (k) for schedule 3 , definition supply , paragraph (b) —who is a related entity of a person who produces recycled water;
- (l) another matter relating to the administration of this Act.