Part 2Structural arrangements for providing water services
Water services delivery plans
78Territorial authority must submit water services delivery plan
A relevant territorial authority must, on each relevant day, submit a water services delivery plan to the Secretary.
Subpart 1 of Part 2 of the Preliminary Arrangements Act applies to a water services delivery plan provided under this subpart, subject to all necessary modifications, including the following:
- in section 13(1)(n) and (o)(ii) of the Preliminary Arrangements Act, the references to 30 June 2028 must be read as referring to 30 June in the year that is 3 years after the date on which the relevant territorial authority submits the water services delivery plan to the Secretary under this Act:
- in section 14(1)(d)(i), the reference to a joint WSCCO must be read as referring to a water organisation in which there are 2 or more shareholders:
- in section 15(1)(a) of the Preliminary Arrangements Act, the period of 10 consecutive financial years covered by the water services delivery plan must be read as starting on the first day of the financial year in which the relevant territorial authority submits the water services delivery plan to the Secretary:
- sections 16, 17, 18(1), 19, and 23 of the Preliminary Arrangements Act do not apply:
- each reference to a water services delivery plan under the Preliminary Arrangements Act must be read as referring to a water services delivery plan under this Act.