WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 352V Content of report

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

352V Content of report

(1) An emergency event report or emergency event interim report for a referable dam must—

(a) describe the emergency event to which the report relates; and

(b) describe the implementation of the approved emergency action plan for the dam in relation to the emergency event, including relevant details of—

(i) communications made and actions taken in response to the emergency event; and

(ii) monitoring of the dam and the area affected or potentially affected by the emergency event; and

(c) describe any damage to the dam, including by reference to photographs of the damage; and

(d) state whether and to what extent any damage to the dam has been caused or contributed to by the emergency event; and

(e) include an assessment of whether and to what extent the approved emergency action plan effectively dealt with the emergency event; and

(f) recommend any changes to the approved emergency action plan that would allow the plan to deal with a similar emergency event more effectively; and

(g) include details of any other matter that is relevant to the emergency event or how it was dealt with under the emergency action plan; and

(h) include any other relevant matter prescribed under a regulation.

(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent an emergency event report or emergency event interim report from dealing with 2 or more emergency events if—

(a) the emergency events are related; and

Examples of related emergency events—

• an emergency event that has been caused or contributed to by another emergency event

• 2 emergency events that happen at the same time

(b) the chief executive has agreed to the report dealing with the emergency events.