WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 631 Application of particular provisions—existing schemes

WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 631

631 Application of particular provisions—existing schemes

(1) Subsection (2) applies to an existing recycled water scheme if recycled water was supplied under the scheme—

(a) to premises by way of a reticulation system used only to provide recycled water for outdoor use or for use in flushing toilets or in washing machines; or

(b) for use in irrigating minimally processed food crops.

(2) Sections 196 , 201 and 270 do not apply in relation to the scheme until—

(a) if the relevant entity or a declared entity for the scheme is given a notice under section 634 —the day the period mentioned in section 634 (4) and stated in the notice ends; or

(b) otherwise—1 July 2009.

(3) In this section—


"existing recycled water scheme" means a recycled water scheme under which recycled water was supplied before 1 July 2008.


"minimally processed food crops" means crops stated to be minimally processed food crops, in relation to using recycled water to irrigate the crops, in a regulation under the Public Health Act about standards for the quality of recycled water.