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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 water services specialist

28: Minister may appoint Crown water services specialist

You could also call this:

"The Minister can choose a specialist to help local councils with their water services."

The Minister can appoint a Crown water services specialist to help a territorial authority or a group of authorities. You might be wondering what a territorial authority is - it's like a local council that makes decisions for your area. The Minister can do this if the authority or group asks for help, or if they have not done what they are supposed to do with their water services delivery plan.

The Minister can also appoint a specialist if the authority or group has not followed the rules, such as not giving effect to their water services delivery plan as required by section 22. The Minister might get a recommendation from a Crown facilitator to make this appointment.

The Minister can choose one person or a group of people to be the Crown water services specialist. If it's a group, the Minister must choose one person to be in charge, called the chairperson.

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

28Minister may appoint Crown water services specialist

  1. The Minister may, in the circumstances set out in subsection (2), appoint a Crown water services specialist to—

  2. a territorial authority; or
    1. a group of 2 or more territorial authorities that is proposing to submit, or that has submitted, a joint water services delivery plan.

      1. The Minister may appoint a Crown water services specialist if—

      2. the territorial authority or the group of territorial authorities requests, in writing to the Minister, that the Minister do so and the Minister decides to grant that request; or
        1. the territorial authority or the group has failed to submit its water services delivery plan to the Secretary in accordance with section 18; or
          1. the territorial authority or the group—
            1. has submitted a water services delivery plan to the Secretary; but
              1. despite the Secretary requiring the plan to be amended (see section 20(3)(a)), the plan does not comply with subpart 1; or
              2. contrary to section 22, the territorial authority or the group of territorial authorities has not given effect to its water services delivery plan; or
                1. a Crown facilitator for water services delivery plans appointed to the territorial authority or the group of territorial authorities has recommended that the Minister should make such an appointment, and the Minister agrees to do so.

                  1. The Minister may appoint 1 person or a panel of 2 or more persons to be a Crown water services specialist.

                  2. If the Minister appoints a panel to be a Crown water services specialist, the Minister must appoint 1 member as the chairperson.