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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

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

138: Request to enter development agreement

You could also call this:

"Asking to team up with a water organisation on a development plan"

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You can ask a water organisation to work with you on a development agreement. They can also ask you to work with them on it. You need to ask in writing. A development agreement is between at least one water organisation and one developer. It can also include other water organisations, developers, or territorial authorities. A territorial authority can work with a water organisation on a development agreement, and they can also help manage it on behalf of the water organisation, you can find more information about this by looking at the legislation.

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

138Request to enter development agreement

  1. A water organisation may enter into a development agreement with a developer if either party requests in writing that the parties enter into a development agreement.

  2. The parties to a development agreement—

  3. must include at least 1 water organisation and 1 developer; and
    1. may also include—
      1. 1 or more additional water organisations; or
        1. 1 or more additional developers; or
          1. 1 or more territorial authorities.

          2. A territorial authority may—

          3. enter into a development agreement under this subpart on behalf of a water organisation; and
            1. administer a development agreement under this subpart on behalf of a water organisation.

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