Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Act 2024

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10: Territorial authorities may submit joint plan

You could also call this:

"Councils can work together to make one plan for water services in their area."

You can submit a joint plan with other territorial authorities to deliver water services in an area covered by a joint arrangement. This can happen when you anticipate or propose delivering water services together, as set out in the joint plan. You will only need to prepare one water services delivery plan for the joint area if you decide to submit a joint plan with other authorities.

You might do this when you are working together with other territorial authorities to deliver water services. If you are submitting a joint plan, you will need to make sure it covers the joint service area.

When submitting a joint plan, you and the other territorial authorities will need to work together to prepare the one plan for the joint area.

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Water services delivery plans: Water services delivery plan: preparation and contents

10Territorial authorities may submit joint plan

  1. A territorial authority may, in the circumstances described in subsection (2), submit a joint water services delivery plan with 1 or more other territorial authorities, in relation to delivering water services in the joint service area covered by a joint arrangement.

  2. For the purposes of subsection (1), the circumstances are that the territorial authorities anticipate or propose delivering water services through a joint arrangement, as set out in the joint water services delivery plan.

  3. If 2 or more territorial authorities decide to submit a joint plan, the territorial authorities are required to prepare only 1 water services delivery plan in respect of the joint service area.