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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Provision of water services: operational matters - Development contributions - Crown exempt from development contributions

146: Crown exempt from development contributions

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"The Government doesn't have to pay fees for using water services, but it can choose to pay if it wants to."

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The Crown does not have to pay development contributions under this part of the law. You need to know that the Crown is exempt, but this does not apply to Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities. The Crown can still choose to pay a water organisation for the demand its development puts on the water services infrastructure.

The Crown's exemption from development contributions has some limits. This law does not stop the Crown from making a payment to a water organisation if it wants to. You can find more information about this law by looking at the related legislation.

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Part 3Provision of water services: operational matters
Development contributions: Crown exempt from development contributions

146Crown exempt from development contributions

  1. The Crown is exempt from making any development contributions under this subpart.

  2. However, this section—

  3. does not apply to Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities; and
    1. does not prevent the Crown from making a payment to a water organisation to recognise the demand a Crown development places on the water organisation’s water services infrastructure.

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