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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Planning, reporting, and financial management - Planning - Water services strategy

238: Amending water services strategy: water organisation

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"Changing a water company's plan: what they must do"

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A water organisation can change its water services strategy at any time. You need to know that before making any changes, the organisation must think about if its significance and engagement policy is relevant to the proposed change. The organisation must also follow its policy and tell its shareholders about the proposed change in writing.

The water organisation must consider comments from shareholders if they are received by an agreed date and are made according to the rules set out under section 236(2). The organisation should think about these comments when deciding what to do with its water services strategy. This helps the organisation make sure it is doing what its shareholders want.

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Planning: Water services strategy

238Amending water services strategy: water organisation

  1. A water organisation may amend its water services strategy at any time.

  2. However, before amending the strategy, the water organisation must—

  3. consider whether the organisation’s significance and engagement policy is relevant to the proposed amendment; and
    1. take any further action required to comply with the significance and engagement policy; and
      1. give written notice to the shareholders of the water organisation of the proposed amendment; and
        1. consider any comments made by the shareholders on the proposed amendment that—
          1. the water organisation receives by a date agreed between the water organisation and the shareholders; and
            1. the shareholders make in accordance with the nature of their involvement determined by shareholders under section 236(2).