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Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Act 2024

Water services delivery plans and foundational information disclosure requirements - Ministerial powers in relation to water services delivery plans - Crown facilitator for water services delivery plans

26: How Crown facilitator appointed

You could also call this:

"How the Minister appoints a Crown facilitator to help with water services."

The Minister chooses a Crown facilitator by writing to the person or people appointed. You get to know who the Crown facilitator is when the Minister writes to the local council and puts a notice in the Gazette. The Minister also tells you what the Crown facilitator's job is and how long they will be doing it.

When the Minister writes to tell you about the Crown facilitator, they must include some important information. This includes what the Crown facilitator's role is, who they are, and when they start and finish their job. If the Crown facilitator is a group of people, the Minister must also say who is in charge and how they will be paid.

If the Minister makes any changes to the Crown facilitator, they must write to the local council and the Crown facilitator to let them know. The department must also put all the notices about the Crown facilitator on their website, including details about how the Crown facilitator's pay will be shared between councils, as explained in section 36.

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Part 2Water services delivery plans and foundational information disclosure requirements
Ministerial powers in relation to water services delivery plans: Crown facilitator for water services delivery plans

26How Crown facilitator appointed

  1. The Minister appoints a Crown facilitator by—

  2. providing notice in writing to the person appointed to be the Crown facilitator or, if the Minister appoints a panel, to each member of the panel; and
    1. providing notice in writing to the territorial authority or, in the case of an appointment to a group of territorial authorities, to each authority that is a member of the group; and
      1. giving notice of the appointment in the Gazette.

        1. A notice under subsection (1) must include the following information:

        2. the terms of reference of the Crown facilitator, including—
          1. an outline of the role the Crown facilitator has been appointed to undertake; and
            1. the extent of the Crown facilitator’s authority:
            2. the name of the Crown facilitator or, if the Crown facilitator is a panel, the name of each member of the panel:
              1. the start and end dates of the Crown facilitator’s appointment:
                1. if the Crown facilitator is a panel, the name of the chairperson of the panel:
                  1. if the Crown facilitator is appointed to a group of 2 or more territorial authorities, details of how the remuneration and expenses of the Crown facilitator will be apportioned between the territorial authorities (see section 36):
                    1. the name of each territorial authority to which the Crown facilitator has been appointed.

                      1. If the Minister changes the membership of a Crown facilitator, the Minister must provide notice of the change, in writing, to the following:

                      2. each territorial authority to which the Crown facilitator is appointed; and
                        1. if the Crown facilitator is a panel, each panel member.

                          1. The department must publish each notice provided under subsection (1) or (3) on an internet site operated by or on behalf of the department.