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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Structural arrangements for providing water services - Water organisations - Governance of water organisations: consumer trusts

53: Trust deed: general limitation

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"Rules in a trust deed must follow the law, or they don't count"

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When you look at the rules for a consumer trust, you see that its trust deed must follow this Act and any regulations made under it. If a trust deed has a rule that does not agree with this Act or its regulations, that rule does not count. You need to know that the trust deed's rules must be consistent with the law, or they will not be valid.

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Water organisations: Governance of water organisations: consumer trusts

53Trust deed: general limitation

  1. The trust deed of a consumer trust must be consistent with this Act and any regulations made under this Act.

  2. A provision, or a variation of a provision, of a trust deed that is inconsistent with this Act or any regulations made under this Act is of no effect.