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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Provision of water services: operational matters - Accessing land to carry out water services infrastructure work

159: Outline of this subpart

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"What water service providers can do on private land and roads"

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This part of the law is about water service providers doing work on private land, including Māori-owned land, and on roads. You need to know that it covers things like when a water service provider can enter someone's land to do work on water services infrastructure. It also says when the provider needs to get consent from the land owner before doing the work, and when the land owner can add conditions to the work being done.

When a water service provider wants to do work on water services infrastructure, they might need to enter land that is next to where the infrastructure is located. You should understand that this is allowed if it is necessary to complete the work.

This law also talks about other related matters, such as what happens when someone else is affected by the work being done on the land or road.

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Part 3Provision of water services: operational matters
Accessing land to carry out water services infrastructure work

159Outline of this subpart

  1. This subpart provides for—

  2. a water service provider entering privately owned land (including Māori-owned land) and roads and level crossings to carry out works in relation to water services infrastructure; and
    1. when consent to the entry and works is, and is not, required; and
      1. when an owner of land or a road or level crossing or another person may impose conditions on the entry and the work; and
        1. related matters.

          1. A reference in this subpart to a water service provider entering, or proposing to enter, land to carry out work in relation to water services infrastructure also applies to land that—

          2. is adjacent to the land where the infrastructure is located; and
            1. it is necessary to enter in order to carry out the work.