Part 2Water services delivery plans and foundational information disclosure requirements
Ministerial powers in relation to water services delivery plans: Crown water services specialist
30Role of Crown water services specialist
A Crown water services specialist may be appointed to do 1 or more of the following:
- prepare a water services delivery plan for the territorial authority or the group of territorial authorities:
- direct the territorial authority or the group of territorial authorities to adopt a specified water services delivery plan (which may be a plan that the specialist has prepared):
- direct the territorial authority or the group of territorial authorities to submit a specified water services delivery plan to the Secretary under section 18:
- assist the territorial authority or group of territorial authorities to give effect to an accepted water services delivery plan:
- advise the territorial authority or group of territorial authorities how to give effect to an accepted water services delivery plan:
- direct the territorial authority or group of territorial authorities to give effect to an accepted water services delivery plan:
- anything else specified in the specialist’s terms of reference.
As part of performing its role, a Crown water services specialist may also recommend to the Minister that the Minister should take further action, for example, taking further action under Part 10 of the LGA2002.