New Zealand Acts

COMMERCE ACT 1986 - SECT 57A

57A Interpretation for this subpart

1 In this subpart and in Schedule 7 , unless the context otherwise requires,—  
"local authority" has the meaning given in section 5(1) of the Local Government Act 2002     
"stormwater service" —  

a) means the collection, treatment, drainage, or discharge of stormwater in an urban area; and

b) includes a service declared to be a stormwater service by an Order in Council made under section 57B ; but

c) does not include—

i) a service declared not to be a stormwater service by an Order in Council made under section 57B :

ii) a service relating to a transport corridor

"Treaty settlement obligations" has the meaning given in section 4 of the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025   
"wastewater service" —  

a) means the collection, treatment, storage, transmission, metering, or discharge of wastewater from consumers; and

b) includes a service declared to be a wastewater service by an Order in Council made under section 57B ; but

c) does not include a service declared not to be a wastewater service by an Order in Council made under section 57B

"water supply service" —

a) means the abstraction, storage, treatment, transmission, or metering of water for supply to consumers if any of the water supplied is intended to be used as drinking water; and

b) includes a service declared to be a water supply service by an Order in Council made under section 57B ; but

c) does not include a service declared not to be a water supply service by an Order in Council made under section 57B .

2 In subsection (1),
"drinking water" and
"urban area" have the meanings given in section 4 of the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 .

3 In this subpart and Schedule 7 , serviceability charges under section 88 of the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 must be treated as prices for supplying water supply services or wastewater services, as the case may be.

History: Section 57A: inserted, on 27 August 2025, by section 14 of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).