237Amending water services strategy: territorial authority

1. A territorial authority that is a water service provider may amend its water services strategy at any time.

2. If the amendment is significant, the territorial authority must consult on a summary of the proposed amendment using the special consultative procedure under the LGA 2002 (see sections 83, 83AA, and 83A of that Act).

3. For the purposes of subsection (2), a territorial authority’s significance and engagement policy may assist the territorial authority to determine whether an amendment is significant.

4. A territorial authority must comply with the requirements for consultation set out in section 235 when proposing to amend a water services strategy.

5. For the purposes of subsection (4), all references in section 235 to a draft water services strategy must be read as referring to the draft amendment.

6. If a territorial authority amends its water services strategy and the amendment is relevant to the authority’s long-term plan,—

7. the territorial authority may consequentially amend the long-term plan; but
8. the territorial authority need not—
   1. use the special consultative procedure when amending the long-term plan (despite section 93(5) of the LGA 2002); and
   2. comply with sections 93A and 93D of the LGA 2002 when amending the long-term plan; and
   3. have the amendments to the long-term plan audited under section 94 of the LGA 2002.