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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Planning, reporting, and financial management - Planning - Statement of expectations

228: Additional requirements of statement of expectations

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"What a water organisation's statement of expectations must include and follow"

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When you look at a statement of expectations, you need to know it must agree with some important things. It must be consistent with all the laws that apply to the water organisation and its foundation documents. It must also be consistent with the water organisation's responsibilities, which can include providing water supply and wastewater services.

You should know that if a water organisation is financially independent, its statement of expectations cannot include anything that would affect this independence. This means the statement cannot have requirements that would compromise the organisation's financial independence from its shareholders.

A statement of expectations also cannot include certain requirements or expectations, such as those that relate to how the water organisation performs its duties or exercises its powers under the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025. However, there is an exception to this rule if the water organisation's foundation documents say something different.

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Planning: Statement of expectations

228Additional requirements of statement of expectations

  1. A statement of expectations must be consistent with—

  2. all legislative obligations that apply to the water organisation; and
    1. the water organisation’s foundation documents; and
      1. the water organisation’s responsibilities,—
        1. in the case of an Auckland water organisation, for providing a water supply service and wastewater services; and
          1. in all other cases, as specified in a transfer agreement.

          2. If a water organisation is financially independent of its shareholders, the statement of expectations must not include any requirements or expectations that would compromise that financial independence.

          3. The statement of expectations must not include any requirements or expectations that—

          4. relate to the water organisation’s performance or exercise of a duty, function, or power under this Act; or
            1. require the water organisation to perform, or not to perform, a specified act, or to achieve a specified result, in relation to a specified person or persons.

              1. However, subsection (3) does not apply if the water organisation’s foundation documents provide otherwise.