Water Services Act 2021

Preliminary provisions - Purpose and overview

4: Overview of this Act

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"What the Water Services Act 2021 is about"

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This Act has different parts that help you understand its purpose. You can find the purpose, definitions, and key principles in the first part. The Act is divided into sections that explain how it works. You will find information about drinking water in Part 2. This part also includes rules for people who operate drinking water supplies and wastewater networks, which are in subpart 10. The Act also explains how to monitor and enforce these rules in Part 3. The Act has other parts too, like Part 4 which has powers to make regulations and other provisions. It also has Part 5 which makes changes to the Local Government Act 2002. This section gives you a general idea of what the Act is about.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions
Purpose and overview

4Overview of this Act

  1. In this Act,—

  2. this Part contains the purpose of this Act, definitions, key terms and key principles, and other preliminary provisions:
    1. Part 2
      1. contains provisions relating to the supply of drinking water:
        1. includes occupational regulation provisions in subpart 10 that apply to the operators of both drinking water supplies and wastewater networks:
        2. Part 3 contains monitoring, compliance, and enforcement provisions:
          1. Part 4 contains regulation-making powers and miscellaneous provisions:
            1. Part 5 contains amendments to the Local Government Act 2002.
              1. This section is only a guide to the general scheme and effect of this Act.