211Service agreements for stormwater network

1. A water service provider—

2. must enter into a service agreement with any corridor manager in relation to local roads located within the provider’s service area; and
3. may enter into a service agreement with any 1 or more other entities that have a statutory role, function, or interest in operating any stormwater infrastructure in the provider’s service area.

4. The purposes of a service agreement are—

5. to support the integrated management of stormwater infrastructure in the provider’s service area by concerned parties (including the provider); and
6. to provide a framework for managing interactions between those concerned parties, including in relation to—
   1. collaborative working practices; and
   2. information sharing; and
   3. dispute resolution.

7. A service agreement must—

8. specify—
   1. the stormwater infrastructure and the stormwater services to which it applies; and
   2. the stormwater infrastructure in the provider’s service area to which the agreement does not apply; and
   3. the parties to the agreement; and
9. describe the roles and responsibilities of those parties in relation to managing, operating, and maintaining the stormwater infrastructure to which the agreement applies; and
10. state how the stormwater services to which the agreement applies are to be funded.