Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WATER REGULATION 2016 - REG 164

164 Chief executive may require new certification

(1) This section applies if the chief executive—

(a) is given a copy of a validation certificate for a meter attached to works through which water is taken under a relevant authorisation under former section 112 as applying under a provision of this division; and

(b) is satisfied—

(i) the information stated in the certificate is inaccurate, incomplete or mistaken; or

(ii) the person who gave the certificate was not an authorised meter validator when the certificate was given; or

(iii) the person who gave the certificate was the holder of the relevant authorisation.

(2) The chief executive may give the holder of the relevant authorisation a notice under section 121C(2) for the meter.

(3) If a relevant provision applies to the meter when the notice under section 121C(2) is given and the holder of the relevant authorisation engages a duly qualified person to give the certification required by the notice—

(a) the relevant provision continues to apply to the meter—

(i) while the duly qualified person is performing functions for the purpose of giving the certification; and

(ii) if the duly qualified person gives the chief executive a notice under section 121B(2)(b)(i)(B); and

(b) the relevant provision stops applying to the meter if the duly qualified person gives the chief executive a notice under section 121B(2)(b)(i)(A).

(4) If a relevant provision applies to the meter when the notice under section 121C(2) is given and the holder of the relevant authorisation does not comply with the notice, the relevant provision stops applying to the meter when the period within which the notice is required to be complied with ends.

(5) In this section—

"relevant provision" means section 151(2) or 163(2).