WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 110
Spot audits of plans
WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 110
Spot audits of plans
110 Spot audits of plans
(1) Subsection (2) applies if—
(a) the regulator is satisfied, or reasonably
believes—
(i) a service provider is not complying with its drinking water
quality management plan; or
(ii) a service provider’s drinking water
quality management plan is no longer adequate for its registered services; or
(b) a service provider does not give the regulator a drinking water quality
management plan audit report under section 108(2) (b) .
(2) In addition to
any audit mentioned in section 108, the regulator may, by giving a service
provider a show cause notice, arrange for a spot audit report to be prepared
about the service provider’s drinking water quality management plan.
(3)
The spot audit report for a drinking water quality management plan must be
prepared by an auditor.
(4) The regulator must give the service provider a
copy of the report within 30 business days after its completion.
(5)
Subsections (6) to (8) apply if the report states either or both of the
following—
(a) the service provider’s drinking water quality management
plan is inadequate in a material particular;
(b) the service provider has not
properly carried out the plan.
(6) The regulator must give the service
provider an information notice requiring the service provider, within the
reasonable period stated in the notice—
(a) if subsection (5) (a)
applies—to rectify the inadequacy; or
(b) if subsection (5) (b)
applies—to properly carry out the plan.
(7) The service provider must
comply with the notice unless the service provider has a reasonable excuse.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.
(8) The regulator
may recover from the service provider an amount equal to the cost of
completing the report.
