32Information to be made publicly available

1. The territorial authority must, when consulting on a change proposal, make the following information publicly available:

2. the change proposal, an explanation of the change proposal, and the reasons for the change proposal:
3. the assessment of other options identified under section 30 and the authority’s reasons for not preferring those options:
4. how proceeding with the change proposal is likely to affect—
   1. the authority’s rates, debt, and levels of service; and
   2. any charges for water services:
   3. arrangements and mechanisms for funding, pricing, invoicing, and collecting charges for water services:
5. how not proceeding with the change proposal is likely to affect—
   1. the authority’s rates, debt, and levels of service; and
   2. any charges for water services:
6. the implications of the change proposal for communities throughout—
   1. the authority’s district; and
   2. any collective area involved in the change proposal:
7. if the change proposal involves transferring ownership or control of a strategic water services asset, a description of how the change proposal is likely to affect the authority’s debt in relation to the asset:
8. for a change proposal described in section 27(1)(a), (b), or (c), information on the proposed ownership of, and shareholding arrangements for, the water organisation:
9. any other relevant implications of the change proposal that the authority considers will be of interest to the public:
10. how persons who will or may be affected by, or who have an interest in, the change proposal may present their views on the proposal to the authority.

11. If the territorial authority is considering 2 or more change proposals, it must make the information set out in subsection (1) publicly available in relation to each proposal.