(1) This section applies if recycled water is supplied under—
(a) a recycled
water scheme to augment a supply of drinking water; or
(b) a recycled water
scheme to premises by way of a dual reticulation system.
(2) The relevant
entity for the recycled water scheme must, for each reporting period, prepare
and make publicly available a report about the scheme (a
"public report" ) in compliance with subsection (6) .
Penalty—
Maximum
penalty—500 penalty units.
(3) The relevant entity must comply with
subsection (2) unless the relevant entity has a reasonable excuse.
(4) It is
not a reasonable excuse for subsection (2) that the public report may tend to
incriminate the relevant entity.
(5) However, if the relevant entity is an
individual, evidence of, or evidence directly or indirectly derived from, the
public report that might incriminate the entity is not admissible in evidence
against the entity in a civil or criminal proceeding, other than a proceeding
for an offence about the falsity of the information.
(a) be made publicly available within 30 business
days after the last day of the reporting period; and
(b) include the results
of water quality monitoring carried out for the recycled water scheme during
the reporting period by—
(i) for a single-entity recycled water scheme—the
recycled water provider; or
(ii) for a multiple-entity recycled water
scheme—the scheme manager and each recycled water provider and other
declared entity for the scheme; and
(c) include details of the information
given to the regulator under sections 270and 271during the reporting period
by the entity or entities mentioned in paragraph (b) ; and
(d) subject to
paragraphs (a) to (c) , be prepared and made publicly available as required
under the guidelines made by the regulator about the preparation and
publication of reports under this section.
(7) In this section—
"reporting periods" means—
(a) each of the following 3-month periods in a
year—
(i) 1 January to 31 March;
(ii) 1 April to 30 June;
(iii) 1 July to
30 September;
(iv) 1 October to 31 December; or
(b) if the regulator gives
the relevant entity a notice stating reporting periods that are longer than
the periods mentioned in paragraph (a) —the longer periods.
