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Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Act 2024

Water services delivery plans and foundational information disclosure requirements - Water services delivery plans - Water services delivery plan: preparation and contents

15: Period covered by water services delivery plan

You could also call this:

"How long a water services delivery plan covers"

A water services delivery plan is a document that you will see covering a certain period of time. You will notice it must cover at least 10 financial years, starting from the 2024-25 financial year. The plan can also include information for up to 20 more years if it talks about what is needed to invest in water services infrastructure or to support future housing growth and urban development.

You will find that the plan gives detailed information about the first three financial years it covers. It tells you what is happening in those years. For the years after that, the plan gives you a general outline of what is planned.

The plan is made to help you understand what is going to happen with water services in your area over a long period of time.

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Part 2Water services delivery plans and foundational information disclosure requirements
Water services delivery plans: Water services delivery plan: preparation and contents

15Period covered by water services delivery plan

  1. A water services delivery plan—

  2. must cover a period of not less than 10 consecutive financial years, starting with the 2024–25 financial year; and
    1. may include information that covers an additional 20 consecutive years, if the information identifies investment requirements—
      1. for water services infrastructure; or
        1. to support future housing growth and urban development.

        2. A water services delivery plan must provide the required information—

        3. in detail in relation to each of the first 3 financial years covered by the plan; and
          1. in outline in relation to each of the subsequent financial years covered by the plan.