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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Provision of water services: operational matters - Accessing land to carry out water services infrastructure work - Crown land

183: Purchase of Crown land

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"Buying Crown land for water services: following special rules"

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If you want to buy land owned by the Crown to build water services, you need to follow some rules. You must tell the Minister or agency in charge of the land that you want to buy it. The Minister or agency must then talk to the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations to think about whether the Crown needs to use this land to settle any future Treaty of Waitangi claims. You can find more information about this by looking at the s 228 law from 2022. This only applies if the land is not already part of a Treaty settlement deed.

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Accessing land to carry out water services infrastructure work: Crown land

183Purchase of Crown land

  1. This section applies if a water service provider intends to purchase any Crown-owned land that is not subject to a Treaty settlement deed for the purposes of constructing or placing water services infrastructure.

  2. Before any purchase may proceed,—

  3. the provider must notify the Minister or agency responsible for administering the land of the provider’s intention; and
    1. that Minister or agency must consult the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations for the purpose of considering the Crown’s obligation to provide redress by way of Crown-owned land for any future settlements of Treaty of Waitangi claims.

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