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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Miscellaneous provisions - Review of water services system

341: Minister must appoint reviewer

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"The Minister must choose a person or group to check and review things as part of this law."

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The Minister has to choose someone to review things under this part of the law. You need to know the Minister can pick one or more of the following people to be the reviewer: the department in charge of this law, another department listed in Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Public Service Act 2020, or someone the Minister thinks is suitable. After choosing the reviewer, the Minister must give them the review's terms of reference and publish the reviewer's name and the terms of reference in the Gazette.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Review of water services system

341Minister must appoint reviewer

  1. The Minister must appoint a reviewer to conduct a review under this subpart.

  2. The reviewer must be 1 or more of the following:

  3. the department responsible for the administration of this Act:
    1. another department that is listed in Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Public Service Act 2020:
      1. any other person or panel of people that the Minister considers suitable to conduct the review.

        1. After appointing the reviewer, the Minister must—

        2. give the review’s terms of reference to the reviewer; and
          1. publish, by notice in the Gazette, the name (or names) of the reviewer and the review’s terms of reference.