Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Provision of water services: operational matters - Trade waste discharges - Trade waste discharge plans

186: Territorial authority must consult on proposed trade waste discharge plan

You could also call this:

"Councils must talk to people before making a plan for dealing with trade waste"

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When you are making a plan for trade waste, you need to talk to people about it. You have to follow the same process as you would for making a bylaw, which is explained in section 258(7). This means you replace the word "bylaw" with "trade waste discharge plan" when you are reading the rules.

You also need to talk to people about any rules that might be made about trade waste, as explained in section 188 and subpart 1 of Part 5. This is so everyone knows what is happening with the trade waste plan. You have to include this conversation when you are making your trade waste discharge plan.

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This page was last updated on 31 August 2025

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Part 3Provision of water services: operational matters
Trade waste discharges: Trade waste discharge plans

186Territorial authority must consult on proposed trade waste discharge plan

When preparing a trade waste discharge plan, or preparing an amendment or a revocation of a trade waste discharge plan, the territorial authority (or the water organisation, if applicable) must consult in accordance with the process set out in section 258(7) as if the references in subpart 1 of Part 5 to a bylaw were references to a trade waste discharge plan.
Consultation on a trade waste discharge plan must also include any consultation required under section 188 on a proposed or recommended trade waste bylaw.