WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 33
Power to disconnect unauthorised connections
WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 33
Power to disconnect unauthorised connections
33 Power to disconnect unauthorised connections
(1) This section applies if a person makes an unauthorised connection to the
service provider’s infrastructure.
(2) The service provider may give the
person a notice asking the person to state, within the reasonable period
stated in the notice, why the service provider should not disconnect the
connection.
(3) The period stated in the notice must not be less than 48
hours after the notice is given.
(4) If the service provider is not
satisfied, within the period stated in the notice, that the connection should
not be disconnected—
(a) an authorised person of the service provider may
enter the place where the connection is and disconnect the connection; and
(b) the service provider may recover from the person as a debt—
(i) the cost
of the disconnection; and
(ii) the value of any service used by the person
through the connection.
(5) However, if the connection is causing damage to
the service provider’s infrastructure—
(a) an authorised person may,
without notice, enter the place where the connection is and disconnect the
connection; and
(b) the service provider may recover from the person as a
debt—
(i) the cost of the disconnection; and
(ii) the value of any service
used by the person through the connection.
(6) If an authorised person enters
a place under subsection (5) , the authorised person must give the person who
appears to the authorised person to be the owner of, or in control of, the
place, a notice advising the purpose of the entry.
(7) If there is no person
at the place at the time of the entry under subsection (5) , the authorised
person must leave the notice at the place in a conspicuous position and in a
reasonably secure way.
