Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Act 2024

Watercare Services Limited - Related amendments to LGA2002

101: Section 127 amended (Duty to ensure communities have access to drinking water if existing suppliers facing significant problems)

You could also call this:

"Councils and Watercare must ensure communities have safe drinking water if suppliers have big problems"

When you think of a territorial authority, it usually means a council. But in this case, a territorial authority also includes Watercare. This is an exception to the usual definition of a territorial authority, which is found in section 5(1).

You can find more information about this in section 127(3)(a). This change is important because it helps make sure communities have access to drinking water. It does this by including Watercare as a territorial authority in certain situations.

This means Watercare has some of the same responsibilities as a council when it comes to providing drinking water. It is all about making sure people have access to safe and clean drinking water. You can learn more about how this works by reading the related laws and rules.

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Related amendments to LGA2002

101Section 127 amended (Duty to ensure communities have access to drinking water if existing suppliers facing significant problems)

  1. After section 127(3)(a), insert:

  2. a territorial authority (despite the definition of that term in section 5(1)) includes Watercare: