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Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - Monitoring and reporting on environmental performance of networks

146: Record-keeping requirements for monitoring and reporting purposes

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"Keeping track of water services information"

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The Water Services Authority can ask network operators to keep records about how they are doing. You need to keep records about environmental performance measures and targets. The Water Services Authority can ask to see these records in a certain format. The Water Services Authority can also ask network operators to provide information to check if they are keeping the right records. This information can include a written statement or other details to help the Authority check. In some cases, the network operator may need to provide a certificate to confirm the information is accurate. A notice about record-keeping is secondary legislation, which means it has to be published in a certain way (see https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM7298343). The Water Services Authority can only ask for this information from certain types of network operators. These operators include territorial authorities, water organisations, government departments, and the New Zealand Defence Force. The certificate must be in a certain form and signed by a chief executive, board member, or director. This helps the Water Services Authority make sure network operators are keeping the right records.

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Part 3Standards, enforcement, and other matters
Monitoring and reporting on environmental performance of networks

146Record-keeping requirements for monitoring and reporting purposes

  1. The Water Services Authority may, by notice, require network operators to keep and maintain records relating to compliance with applicable—

  2. environmental performance measures; and
    1. environmental performance targets; and
      1. for wastewater network operators, wastewater environmental performance standards and the requirements of wastewater network risk management plans; and
        1. for stormwater network operators, stormwater environmental performance standards.

          1. Network operators must—

          2. keep and maintain the records required by the notice; and
            1. make the records available to the Water Services Authority in any format specified in the notice.

              1. For the purpose of ensuring that a network operator complies with subsection (1), the Water Services Authority may require the network operator to provide the Water Services Authority with either or both of the following types of information:

              2. a written statement as to whether the network operator has complied with subsection (1):
                1. information that will enable the Water Services Authority to determine whether the network operator has complied with subsection (1).

                  1. In addition to the information specified in subsection (2A), the Water Services Authority may require the network operator to provide a certificate to confirm that the information provided under this section is accurate and complete.

                  2. A certificate under subsection (2B) must—

                  3. be in the form specified by the Water Services Authority; and
                    1. be signed by—
                      1. the network operator’s chief executive; or
                        1. at least 1 board member or director of the network operator; or
                          1. if the network operator has no board or director, a person occupying a position that is comparable to a board member or director.

                          2. The Water Services Authority may require information to be provided under subsection (2A) only if the network operator is—

                          3. a territorial authority; or
                            1. a water organisation; or
                              1. a government department; or
                                1. the New Zealand Defence Force.

                                  1. A notice made under subsection (1) is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

                                  Notes
                                  • Section 146(1): amended, on , by section 111(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
                                  • Section 146(1)(d): inserted, on , by section 12(1) of the Water Services Acts Repeal Act 2024 (2024 No 2).
                                  • Section 146(2)(b): amended, on , by section 111(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
                                  • Section 146(2A): inserted, on , by section 165(1) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
                                  • Section 146(2B): inserted, on , by section 165(1) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
                                  • Section 146(2C): inserted, on , by section 165(1) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
                                  • Section 146(2D): inserted, on , by section 165(1) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
                                  • Section 146(3): amended, on , by section 165(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).