Water Act Article 93-9

When a municipal or city (county) authority-in-charge supervises and audits the outflow control facilities in accordance with the regulations prescribed in Paragraph 5 of Article 83-7 and considers them in violation of the approved outflow control plan, the authority-in-charge may send a representative to access the business operation site, the building or land and audit the construction, use, management and maintenance of the outflow control facilities, and may have related parties give necessary explanations, adopt required measures or provide related materials, which the party being audited shall not circumvent, obstruct, or reject. When there are substantial facts to prove the violation of the approved outflow control plan and circumvention, obstruction or rejection of the audit, the municipal or city (county) authority-in-charge may access the business operation site, the building or land compulsorily; however, access to the land reserved for national defense facilities shall be subject to the approval of the authority-in-charge of the land reserved for national defense facilities.Auditors referred to in the preceding paragraph shall spontaneously show their ID or symbols sufficient for identification while accessing the public or private land or buildings to perform the investigation or survey, and shall inform the obligator 7 days prior to the implementation of the audit.Circumvention, obstruction or rejection of the audit referred to in Paragraph 1 or Circumvention, obstruction or rejection to give explanations, adopt required measures or provide related materials shall be subject to a fine of NT$10,000 to NT$50,000 imposed by the municipal or city (county) authority-in-charge, and the punishment is applicable per violation along with the compulsory audit.