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Water Services Act 2021

Provisions relating to supply of drinking water - Drinking water supply register

55: Register of drinking water supplies

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"A list of drinking water supplies in New Zealand"

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The Water Services Authority keeps a register of drinking water supplies. You can find the information in this register in section 54(2). The Authority also keeps a separate version of the register that the public can see. The public version contains some of the information from the main register, such as the details listed in section 54(2)(a), (c), (d), (f), and (g). The Authority can also add other information it thinks is important for the public to know. It can keep the register in any form it likes. The Authority can leave out some information from the public version if it thinks that is best. This might be to protect people's privacy or to keep the drinking water supply safe. Registration of a drinking water supply is valid for 5 years.

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Part 2Provisions relating to supply of drinking water
Drinking water supply register

55Register of drinking water supplies

  1. The Water Services Authority must keep and maintain a register of drinking water supplies that contains the information specified in section 54(2).

  2. The Water Services Authority must also keep and maintain a separate publicly available version of the register that contains only—

  3. the information specified in section 54(2)(a), (c), (d), (f), and (g); and
    1. any other information about a registered drinking water supply that the Water Services Authority considers is in the public interest to disclose.

      1. The Water Services Authority may withhold any information from the publicly available version of the register if it considers it is in the public interest to do so, which may include the protection of—

      2. the privacy of natural persons; or
        1. the security of a drinking water supply.

          1. The Water Services Authority may maintain the register and the publicly available version in any form, including as a single register or in different parts for different classes or categories of owners, operators, or supplies.

          2. Registration of a drinking water supply is valid for 5 years.

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          Notes
          • Section 55(1): amended, on , by section 111(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
          • Section 55(2): amended, on , by section 111(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
          • Section 55(2)(b): amended, on , by section 111(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
          • Section 55(3): amended, on , by section 111(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
          • Section 55(4): amended, on , by section 111(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
          • Section 55(5): amended, on , by section 137 of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).