WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 345 Obligation to complete later failure impact assessment

WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 345

345 Obligation to complete later failure impact assessment

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the owner of a dam is given a referable dam notice for the dam and, before the effective day for the notice, the owner does not give the chief executive a failure impact assessment for the dam; or

(b) a dam has been failure impact assessed under this part, including under subsection (2) .

(2) The owner must—

(a) if subsection (1) (a) applies—ensure a failure impact assessment of the dam is completed and given to the chief executive within the period stated in the referable dam notice under section 342A (2) (d) ; or

(b) otherwise—ensure another failure impact assessment of the dam is completed and given to the chief executive within the period stated in the notice given to the owner under section 350 .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.

Note—

This provision is an executive liability provision—see section 487 .