WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 263
Auditor’s responsibility to inform regulator
WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 263
Auditor’s responsibility to inform regulator
263 Auditor’s responsibility to inform regulator
(1) This section applies if, in conducting an audit about a recycled water
management plan, an auditor forms a reasonable belief that—
(a) a following
entity has not, or is not, complying with the plan or a condition of the
plan—
(i) for a plan for a single-entity recycled water scheme—the
recycled water provider for the scheme;
(ii) for a plan for a multiple-entity
recycled water scheme—the scheme manager, or a recycled water provider or
other declared entity, for the scheme; and
(b) the noncompliance is likely to
have an imminent and serious adverse effect on public health.
(2) The auditor
must immediately give details of the facts and circumstances giving rise to
the belief to the regulator.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty
units.
(3) If the auditor complies with subsection (2) by giving the
regulator the details orally, the auditor must, as soon as practicable after
giving the details orally, give the regulator notice of the details.