Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - National Engineering Design Standards (NEDS) for water services networks - Water service providers ensure compliance with NEDS

97O: Information requirements

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"Following rules for sharing water services information"

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When you take an action or make a decision about water services, you must follow the rules in the NEDS. The NEDS has rules about collecting, keeping, and sharing information about water services infrastructure. You must comply with these rules when it comes to the design, construction, and performance of the infrastructure, as outlined in sections 97K to 97N.

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97N: Repair, replacement, maintenance, decommissioning, etc, of infrastructure, or

"Fixing and looking after water services infrastructure"

97P: Water service provider may approve alternative solution, or

"Water providers can okay a different way of doing things"

Part 3Standards, enforcement, and other matters
National Engineering Design Standards (NEDS) for water services networks: Water service providers ensure compliance with NEDS

97OInformation requirements

In taking an action or making a decision to which any of sections 97K to 97N apply, a water service provider must comply with all requirements in the NEDS concerning the collection, keeping, and sharing of information about the design, construction, and operational performance of the relevant water services infrastructure.

Notes

Section 97O: inserted, on 27 August 2025, by section 146 of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).