New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2010 - SECT 20

20 Offence not to comply with Secretary's direction

(1) A supplier of drinking water to which a direction is given under section 18 or 19 must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with the direction.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) in the case of an individual--500 penalty units, or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further 100 penalty units for each day the offence continues, or

(b) in the case of a corporation--2,000 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further 400 penalty units for each day the offence continues.

(2) If a direction under section 18 or 19 is not complied with, the Secretary may take the action referred to in the direction and--

(a) unless the supplier of drinking water represents the Crown, may recover an amount equal to the cost of doing so as a debt owed by the supplier to the Crown, or

(b) if the supplier represents the Crown, may require the supplier to pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the cost of doing so.