Water Services Act 2021

Provisions relating to supply of drinking water - Authorisations

68: Requirement for operators to be authorised

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"Water suppliers must get approval to operate"

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You cannot operate a drinking water supply or a wastewater network if regulations say you need to be authorised and you are not. You need to follow the regulations to get authorised. The rules are in place to ensure you are allowed to operate a drinking water supply or a wastewater network, you can compare this to the 2015 legislation https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM6544170

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Part 2Provisions relating to supply of drinking water
Authorisations

68Requirement for operators to be authorised

  1. A person must not operate a drinking water supply, a wastewater network, or a class of drinking water supply or wastewater network if—

  2. regulations require the operator to be authorised; and
    1. the person is not authorised in accordance with the regulations.
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