New Zealand Acts

COMMERCE ACT 1986 - SECT 57G

57G Commission may recommend further regulation or deregulation

1 The Commission may recommend to the Minister that regulation should be imposed (or removed) as follows in respect of 1 or more suppliers:

a) water supply services, wastewater services, or both, should (or should no longer) be subject to 1 or more of the following types of regulation:

i) information disclosure regulation (but see subsection (2)):

ii) revenue threshold regulation (but see subsection (2)):

iii) quality regulation:

iv) performance requirement regulation:

v) price-quality regulation:

b) stormwater services should (or should no longer) be subject to 1 or more of the following types of regulation:

i) information disclosure regulation:

ii) revenue threshold regulation:

iii) quality regulation:

iv) performance requirement regulation:

v) price-quality regulation.

2 A recommendation for the purposes of subsection (1)(a)(i) or (ii) in respect of a water service must not apply to a person that is, in respect of that service, a regulated supplier to which section 57D(1) applies.

3 The Minister must publish the Commission’s recommendation, and may do so in whatever way the Minister considers appropriate.

4 A recommendation by the Commission is not a determination of the Commission.

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