Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Act 2024

Water services delivery plans and foundational information disclosure requirements - Water services delivery plans - Acceptance of water services delivery plan

20: Secretary accepts water services delivery plan

You could also call this:

"The Secretary checks and decides if a water plan is good enough to approve"

The Secretary has to look at each water services delivery plan that is submitted under section 18. You need to know the Secretary can only accept a plan if they are satisfied it follows this Act. The Secretary has to make a decision as soon as they reasonably can.

When the Secretary is deciding whether to accept a plan, they can talk to different groups like a government department, the Commission, or Taumata Arowai. They can also talk to other people they think are relevant to help them make a decision.

If the Secretary is not happy with a plan, they have to tell the territorial authority why and ask them to change the plan and send it back by a certain date. Alternatively, the Secretary can decide not to accept the plan. You should know that if the Secretary asks a territorial authority to change and resubmit a plan, the authority has to do it by the date the Secretary specifies.

After the Secretary makes a decision, they have to tell the territorial authority whether they accepted the plan or not. If they did not accept the plan, they have to tell the authority why they made that decision.

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Part 2Water services delivery plans and foundational information disclosure requirements
Water services delivery plans: Acceptance of water services delivery plan

20Secretary accepts water services delivery plan

  1. The Secretary must, as soon as reasonably practicable,—

  2. consider each water services delivery plan submitted under section 18; and
    1. accept a water services delivery plan only if satisfied that the plan complies with this Act.
      1. In deciding whether to accept a water services delivery plan, the Secretary may consult 1 or more of the following:

      2. a government department:
        1. the Commission:
          1. Taumata Arowai:
            1. Crown Infrastructure Partners Limited:
              1. any other person the Secretary considers relevant.
                1. If the Secretary is not satisfied that a plan complies with the requirements in this Act, the Secretary must, as soon as reasonably practicable,—

                2. advise the territorial authority or group of 2 or more territorial authorities why the Secretary is not satisfied with the plan and require the territorial authority or group to amend the plan (which may be by including additional information) and resubmit it to the Secretary by a specified date; or
                  1. decide not to accept the plan.
                    1. A territorial authority or group of 2 or more territorial authorities must comply with a requirement to amend and resubmit a plan by the date specified.

                    2. After deciding whether to accept a water services delivery plan, the Secretary must notify the territorial authority or group of 2 or more territorial authorities—

                    3. whether the Secretary has accepted the plan; and
                      1. if the Secretary has decided not to accept the plan, the reason for that decision.