Drinking water must be safe
24 Drinking water must be safe
A drinking water provider must not supply drinking water to the public that the drinking water provider knows to be unsafe. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty:
if the offender is a body corporate—$500 000;
if the offender is a natural person—$100 000 or imprisonment for 4 years.
A drinking water provider must not supply drinking water to the public that the drinking water provider ought reasonably to know is unsafe. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty:
if the offender is a body corporate—$375 000;
if the offender is a natural person—$75 000.
A drinking water provider must not supply drinking water to the public that is unsafe. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty:
if the offender is a body corporate—$250 000;
if the offender is a natural person—$50 000. Expiation fee: $1 000.
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