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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Provision of water services: operational matters - Development contributions - Objections

135: Procedure for objections

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When you make an objection under section 133, certain rules apply. These rules are found in sections 199F to 199P and Schedule 13A of the LGA 2002. You need to read these rules with some changes to understand how they work for water organisations.

You have to replace some words in these rules to make them fit water organisations. For example, when you see "territorial authority", you should think "water organisation" instead. You also need to think of the "district of a territorial authority" as the area where a water organisation provides its services.

These changes help you understand how the rules work when you make an objection under section 133, and how section 133 is used in this process.

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Part 3Provision of water services: operational matters
Development contributions: Objections

135Procedure for objections

  1. Sections 199F to 199P and Schedule 13A of the LGA 2002 apply, with all necessary modifications, in relation to objections made under section 133.

  2. The modifications include the following:

  3. a reference to a territorial authority must be read as a reference to a water organisation:
    1. a reference to the district of a territorial authority must be read as a reference to the whole or a part of the service area of a water organisation.