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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Preliminary provisions

6: Act binds the Crown

You could also call this:

"The government must follow the rules in this Act, with some exceptions."

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This Act applies to the Crown. You need to know that the Crown is the government. The Act has rules that the government must follow.

The government must obey the rules in this Act, but there is an exception. The exception is about making development contributions, which is explained in section 146 and subpart 2 of Part 3. This means the government does not always have to make these contributions.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

6Act binds the Crown

  1. This Act binds the Crown.

  2. However, section 146 partially exempts the Crown from making development contributions under subpart 2 of Part 3.