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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Structural arrangements for providing water services - Water organisations - Governance of water organisations: consumer trusts

50: Territorial authority may establish consumer trust

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"Councils can set up a trust to own or part-own a water company"

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A territorial authority can set up a consumer trust that owns or partly owns a water organisation, as explained in section 45. You can think of a territorial authority like a local council that makes decisions for your area. The territorial authority has the power to make its own decisions about setting up a consumer trust.

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Part 2Structural arrangements for providing water services
Water organisations: Governance of water organisations: consumer trusts

50Territorial authority may establish consumer trust

  1. A territorial authority may establish a consumer trust whose trustees will own or co-own a water organisation (see section 45).

  2. A territorial authority may—

  3. establish a consumer trust alone or jointly with 1 or more other territorial authorities; and
    1. establish more than 1 consumer trust.