(1) This section applies to a drinking water service provider if, under section 628, section 92 does not apply to the provider.
(2) The regulator may, by notice given to the drinking water service provider, require the provider to do any of the following--
(a) to carry out monitoring, described in the notice, of the quality of water supplied to or from the provider's drinking water service;
(b) to give the regulator reports, at the intervals stated in the notice, about the results of the monitoring mentioned in paragraph (a);
(c) to give the regulator other reports about the operation of the drinking water service, including, for example, reports about whether the quality of water supplied to or from the provider's drinking water service is consistent with the water quality criteria for drinking water.
(3) The notice may require the drinking water service provider to do a thing mentioned in subsection (2) only--
(a) after 1 January 2009; and
(b) until the provider has an approved drinking water quality management plan for the provider's drinking water service.
(4) The drinking water service provider must comply with the notice, unless the provider has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty for subsection (4)--500 penalty units.