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Local Government Act 2002

Specific obligations and restrictions on local authorities and other persons

123: Outline of Part

You could also call this:

“This part explains the rules and duties for local councils about water, parks, and libraries”

This part of the law tells you about specific things local authorities and other people must do or can’t do. You need to know about four main areas:

  1. Local authorities have to check water and sanitary services. This means they look at how well these services are working and why it’s important to do so.

  2. There are rules about how local authorities and others can provide water services. These rules say what they must do and what they can’t do.

  3. There are strict rules about selling parks, reserves, and special properties given as gifts. The law tries to protect parks and reserves from being sold.

  4. If your area has a public library, you and everyone else living there must be allowed to join for free.

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Part 7 Specific obligations and restrictions on local authorities and other persons

123Outline of Part

  1. This Part contains provisions that set out specific obligations and restrictions on local authorities and other persons as follows:

  2. the obligation to assess water and sanitary services and the purpose of those assessments:
    1. the obligations and restrictions on local authorities and other persons in relation to the delivery of water services:
      1. specific restrictions on disposal of parks, reserves, and endowment properties, including provision for the protection of parks and reserves from disposal:
        1. a requirement that, if a public library is provided, the residents of the district must be entitled to free membership.

          Notes
          • Section 123(a): amended, on , by section 42 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).