Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Act 2024

Amendments to Water Services Act 2021 and consequential amendments - Amendments to Water Services Act 2021

115: Section 138 amended (Wastewater environmental performance standards)

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When you look at the rules for wastewater, you will see that Taumata Arowai makes standards for how wastewater affects the environment. When Taumata Arowai makes these standards, they must not think about the hierarchy of obligations in the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management. This rule applies even if other parts of the Act say something different.

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Part 5Amendments to Water Services Act 2021 and consequential amendments
Amendments to Water Services Act 2021

115Section 138 amended (Wastewater environmental performance standards)

  1. After section 138(3), insert:

  2. When making wastewater environmental performance standards under this section, Taumata Arowai must not have regard to the hierarchy of obligations in clause 1.3(5) of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management.

  3. Subsection (3A) applies despite any other provision of this Act.