When you read this part of the law, you need to know what some words mean. The Preliminary Arrangements Act refers to the Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Act 2024. The relevant territorial authority is a territorial authority described in section 76(1).

You also need to understand what relevant day means. This is a specific date that applies to a relevant territorial authority. The relevant day can be either 3 September 2030 or 3 September in a year that is 5 years after the authority last provided its water services delivery plan.

A water services delivery plan is a plan that a territorial authority prepares under this part of the law. It outlines how the authority will deliver water services. You can think of it as a roadmap for providing water services to a community.