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Water Services Act 2021

Preliminary provisions - Interpretation - Key terms

10: Meaning of domestic self-supply and shared domestic supplier

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"What 'domestic self-supply' and 'shared domestic supplier' mean in the Water Services Act 2021"

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When you read the Water Services Act 2021, you will see some special terms. You need to know what 'domestic self-supply' means: it is a house that has its own drinking water. A 'domestic self-supplier' is the person who owns that house. When you hear 'shared domestic supplier', it means someone who gives drinking water to up to 25 people living in houses. Those houses can be on the same land where the water comes from, or on other land. This person is not a 'domestic self-supplier' and does not carry water for many people. You should also know that a 'domestic dwelling' is a building where one family lives. It can be rented or owned, and people can live there all the time or just for holidays. A 'household unit' is a term that is explained in section 7(1) of the Building Act 2004. A 'shared domestic supply' is when someone gives drinking water to a small group of people, like a 'shared domestic supplier' does.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions
Interpretation: Key terms

10Meaning of domestic self-supply and shared domestic supplier

  1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

    domestic self-supply means a stand-alone domestic dwelling that has its own supply of drinking water, and domestic self-supplier has a corresponding meaning

      shared domestic supplier means a person (person A) who—

      1. supplies drinking water to no more than 25 consumers who reside in domestic dwellings located on—
        1. the land from which person A supplies the drinking water; or
          1. any other land; and
          2. is not a domestic self-supplier or a water carrier

            shared domestic supply has a corresponding meaning to shared domestic supplier.

            1. In this Act,—

              domestic dwelling means a building that is used as a single household unit, whether it is—

              1. tenanted on a long- or short-term basis; or
                1. occupied permanently or temporarily (for example, a holiday home)

                  household unit has the meaning given to it by section 7(1) of the Building Act 2004.

                  Notes
                  • Section 10: replaced, on , by section 124 of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).