Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WATER REGULATION 2016 - REG 155

155 Requirement if holder of relevant authorisation aware of faulty meter

(1) This section applies in relation to an approved meter to which section 151(2) applies that is attached to works through which water is taken under a relevant authorisation if, immediately before the commencement—

(a) the holder of the authorisation was required to give, but had not given, the chief executive notice under former section 110A(3) stating the meter is a faulty meter; and

(b) the period within which the notice under former section 110A(3) was required to be given had not ended.

(2) The meter is taken to be faulty for the purposes of section 109.

(3) The holder of the relevant authorisation must comply with section 117 in relation to the meter and, for that purpose—

(a) the holder is taken to have become aware of the fault on the day this section commences; and

(b) the period within which the holder must comply with section 117(1)(a) ends on the later of the following—

(i) 1 business day after the day this section commences;

(ii) the day on or before which the holder was required to give the notice under former section 110A(3); and

(c) the period within which the holder must comply with section 117(1)(b) is 30 business days after the day this section commences.