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Local Government Act 2002

Specific obligations and restrictions on local authorities and other persons - Obligations and restrictions relating to provision of water services - Closure or transfer of small water services

132: Eligibility to vote in referendum

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“Who can vote about changes to small water services”

You can vote in a referendum about closing or transferring a small water service if you meet one of two conditions.

The first condition is that you are registered to vote in parliamentary elections and your registered address receives water from the service being discussed in the referendum.

The second condition is that you pay rates for a property that receives water from the service being discussed in the referendum. This applies even if you don’t live at that property.

These rules are set out in section 131(2)(d) of this Act, and they refer to section 23 and section 24 of the Local Electoral Act 2001 for more details about who can vote.

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Part 7 Specific obligations and restrictions on local authorities and other persons
Obligations and restrictions relating to provision of water services: Closure or transfer of small water services

132Eligibility to vote in referendum

  1. A person is eligible to vote in a referendum conducted under section 131(2)(d) if the person is qualified as either—

  2. a residential elector under section 23 of the Local Electoral Act 2001 and the address in respect of which the person is registered as a parliamentary elector is a property serviced by the water service that is the subject of the referendum; or
    1. a ratepayer elector under section 24 of the Local Electoral Act 2001 and the property, for the purposes of section 24(1)(a) or (b) of that Act, is a property serviced by the water service that is the subject of the referendum.