WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 352O Review by chief executive and direction to prepare and submit new plan

WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 352O

352O Review by chief executive and direction to prepare and submit new plan

(1) This section applies if the chief executive, at any time, considers an approved emergency action plan for a dam no longer deals effectively with a dam hazard the chief executive reasonably considers has the potential to affect the safe operation of the dam.

Examples—

1 An emergency event report recommends a change to the plan.

2 The chairperson of a local group or district group for the plan advises that the plan is not consistent with the disaster management plan for the group.

(2) The chief executive must give the owner of the dam a notice stating—

(a) the chief executive considers the approved emergency action plan no longer effectively deals with the dam hazard; and

(b) the reasons the chief executive considers the plan no longer effectively deals with the dam hazard; and

(c) the owner of the dam must—

(i) prepare a new emergency action plan, under subdivision 3 , that effectively deals with the dam hazard; and

(ii) give it to the chief executive within a stated period of at least 30 business days.

(3) The owner of the dam must comply with the notice unless the owner has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.