WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 271 Notice of prescribed incidents

WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 271

271 Notice of prescribed incidents

(1) This section applies if a scheme manager, a recycled water provider or other declared entity, for a recycled water scheme (the
"alerting entity" ) becomes aware a prescribed incident has happened in relation to the alerting entity or the scheme.

(2) The alerting entity must, unless the entity has a reasonable excuse, immediately inform each of the following of the prescribed incident—

(a) the regulator;

(b) if another entity is the responsible entity for prescribed incident—the responsible entity.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.

Note—

If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 487A , to have also committed the offence.

(3) Subsection (4) applies—

(a) if the alerting entity is also the responsible entity for the prescribed incident—as soon as practicable after the prescribed incident; or

(b) otherwise—as soon as practicable after the alerting entity informs the responsible entity under subsection (2) .

(4) The responsible entity must, unless the entity has a reasonable excuse, give the regulator notice of the following in the approved form—

(a) the prescribed incident and the circumstances that gave rise to the prescribed incident;

(b) any action taken, or to be taken, by the entity relating to the prescribed incident;

(c) the measures the entity will take to prevent the prescribed incident happening again in the future.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

Note—

If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 487A , to have also committed the offence.

(5) In this section—


"prescribed incident" means an incident prescribed under a regulation.


"responsible entity" , for a prescribed incident, means the scheme manager, recycled water provider or other declared entity, for a recycled water scheme that is responsible for taking action relating to the prescribed incident.