Plain language law

New Zealand law explained for everyone

Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - National Engineering Design Standards (NEDS) for water services networks - Preliminary

97A: Outline of this subpart

You could also call this:

"Rules for Safe Water Services"

Illustration for Water Services Act 2021

This part of the law is about the National Engineering Design Standards, or NEDS for short. You will learn how the NEDS are developed and reviewed. The NEDS have rules that water service providers must follow to ensure water services infrastructure is safe and works well.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS1509332.

This page was last updated on — View changes

Topics:
Environment and resources > Water safetyHealth and wellbeing > Public health
Previous

97: Effect of appeal against compliance order, or

"What happens if you appeal a compliance order about water services"

Next

97B: Purpose of NEDS, or

"What NEDS does to help water services work well"

Part 3Standards, enforcement, and other matters
National Engineering Design Standards (NEDS) for water services networks: Preliminary

97AOutline of this subpart

  1. This subpart—

  2. provides for the development, making, and ongoing review of the National Engineering Design Standards (the NEDS) that contain performance-based requirements relating to the water services infrastructure that makes up a water services network; and
    1. provides for compliance with the NEDS by water service providers; and
      1. provides for national codes of practice that water service providers may use to comply with the NEDS; and
        1. allows water service providers to approve alternative ways of complying with the NEDS.

          Notes
          • Section 97A: inserted, on , by section 146 of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).