Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Provision of water services: operational matters - Trade waste discharges - Internal review of decision to decline trade waste permit

194: Stay of reviewable decision on internal review

You could also call this:

"Stopping a decision while it's being reviewed"

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If you apply for an internal review of a decision about a trade waste permit, the territorial authority can stop the original decision from happening. They can do this on their own or if you ask them to. The territorial authority has to decide whether to stop the original decision within three working days of getting your application. If they do not make a decision within those three days, it means they have stopped the original decision.

If the territorial authority stops the original decision, it will not happen until they make a decision about your internal review. You will have to wait until they make this decision to know what will happen next. The territorial authority is in charge of making this decision.

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This page was last updated on 31 August 2025

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193: Notice of decision on internal review, or

"The council tells you their decision about your complaint."

195: Appeal to District Court, or

"You can appeal to the District Court if you're unhappy with a trade waste permit decision"

Part 3Provision of water services: operational matters
Trade waste discharges: Internal review of decision to decline trade waste permit

194Stay of reviewable decision on internal review

If a person applies for an internal review of an original decision, the territorial authority may stay the operation of the original decision—
on its own initiative; or
on the application of the applicant for the review.

A territorial authority must make a decision on an application for a stay within 3 working days after the date on which it receives the application.
If the territorial authority does not make a decision on an application for a stay within the time specified in subsection (2), the territorial authority must be treated as having granted a stay.
A stay of the operation of an original decision pending a decision on an internal review continues until the territorial authority makes a decision on the review.