Health Act 1956

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69ZZ Compliance tests must be carried out by recognised laboratory
  • (1) If, under this Part or the drinking-water standards, a drinking-water supplier or a drinking-water assessor is required to obtain an analysis of, or to perform a test on, raw water or drinking water, that analysis or test must be performed at a laboratory that has been recognised under section 69ZY unless—

    • (a) it is not reasonably practicable to do so; and

    • (b) the Director-General has approved, in writing, the alternative procedures that are to be used to analyse or test the raw water or drinking water.

    (2) A copy of the results of any analysis or test referred to in subsection (1) that indicate any non-compliance with a maximum acceptable value set out in the drinking-water standards must be forwarded to the Director-General by the operator of the laboratory or the person who performs the analysis or test as soon as practicable after the test or analysis is conducted.

    Section 69ZZ: inserted, on 1 July 2008, by section 7 of the Health (Drinking Water) Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 92).