WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 25Y Obtaining information from a service provider

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 25Y

25Y Obtaining information from a service provider

(1) The chief executive may give a service provider a notice requiring information about 1 or more of the following—

(a) current and projected future water consumption by the service provider’s customers or a class of the customers;

(b) water restrictions the service provider has imposed or intends to impose;

(c) the events that would cause the service provider to impose the restrictions, for example, the available water supply falling to a stated level;

(d) the actions the service provider intends to take to ensure compliance with the restrictions;

(e) the demand management program the service provider proposes to implement;

(f) other measures the service provider proposes to take, for example, constructing new infrastructure or making changes to existing infrastructure.

(2) The notice may be given at any time and must state the reasonable time by which the information must be given to the chief executive.

(3) The service provider must comply with the notice, unless the service provider has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(4) It is a reasonable excuse for a service provider who is an individual not to comply with the notice if complying with the notice might tend to incriminate the individual.