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97I: National codes of practice

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The Water Services Authority can make national codes of practice for water services. You can find these codes in the Gazette. They help people comply with rules in the NEDS. The codes can include technical details for designing and building water services infrastructure. They can also cover how to connect, repair, and maintain this infrastructure. You can find more information about warnings in the codes under section 97S. The codes must say which NEDS rules they apply to and which type of water services network they cover. They can apply to different types of infrastructure and regions. National codes of practice are a type of secondary legislation, which you can read more about in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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

97INational codes of practice

  1. The Water Services Authority may, by notice published in the Gazette, make national codes of practice for the purposes of this Act.

  2. A national code of practice provides a means of compliance with 1 or more requirements in the NEDS and may contain any matter for that purpose, including the following:

  3. technical specifications and standards for the design, construction, and operational performance of 1 or more types or classes of water services infrastructure that make up a water services network owned or operated, wholly or partly, by a water service provider:
    1. detailed specifications and standards for the design and construction of water services infrastructure the ownership of which is proposed to be transferred to a water service provider:
      1. detailed specifications, standards, and steps for connecting water services infrastructure to a water services network:
        1. detailed specifications, standards, and steps for the repair, upgrade, renewal, maintenance, and decommissioning of water services infrastructure:
          1. detailed steps and standards concerning how information about the design, construction, and operational performance of water services infrastructure is to be collected, kept, and shared with other persons:
            1. any other detailed specifications, standards, and steps relating to the design, construction, and operational performance of water services infrastructure.

              1. A national code of practice may also contain warnings that the chief executive includes in it under section 97S.

              2. The provisions of a national code of practice—

              3. must specify the NEDS requirements to which they apply; and
                1. must specify the type of water services network to which they apply; and
                  1. may apply to classes of types of water services infrastructure; and
                    1. may vary in their application to different regions or districts.

                      1. National codes of practice made under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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