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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Structural arrangements for providing water services - Regions in which regional councils also provide water services

43: Application of this Act to water services role of regional councils

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"How this law about water services applies to regional councils in New Zealand."

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This Act is about water services and it applies to regional councils in a special way. When you read this Act, you need to replace the words "territorial authority" with "regional council", and "district" with "region". You also need to replace the words "district of a territorial authority" with "region of a regional council" when you read this Act. However, there are some parts of this Act that do not apply to regional councils, such as sections 9(1) and (2), 10, and 11. Other parts that do not apply include subpart 5 of Part 2, except for Wellington Regional Council, section 44, sections 50 to 62, and sections 64 to 72. Some more parts that do not apply are subparts 2 and 5 of Part 3, and subparts 1, 2, and 3 of Part 5.

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Part 2Structural arrangements for providing water services
Regions in which regional councils also provide water services

43Application of this Act to water services role of regional councils

  1. This Act applies to regional councils as follows:

  2. each reference to a territorial authority must be read as a reference to a regional council:
    1. each reference to the district of a territorial authority must be read as a reference to the region of a regional council.

      1. However, subsection (1) does not apply in the case of the following provisions:

      2. sections 9(1) and (2), 10, and 11:
        1. subpart 5 of Part 2 (but subpart 5 does apply to Wellington Regional Council):
          1. section 44:
            1. sections 50 to 62:
              1. sections 64 to 72:
                1. subparts 2, 5, and 5 of Part 3:
                  1. subparts 1, 2, and 3 of Part 5.