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WATER SERVICES ENTITIES ACT 2022 - SECT 361

361 Territorial authorities may no longer use certain contributions

1 Despite anything in the Local Government Act 2002 or the Natural and Built Environment Act 2023 , on or after 1 July 2026, a territorial authority—

a) may not require development contributions under the Local Government Act 2002 or environmental contributions under the Natural and Built Environment Act 2023 to fund infrastructure or other assets that the water services entity holds, including infrastructure or other assets transferred from the territorial authority to a water services entity:

b) may not use development contributions collected under the Local Government Act 2002 or environmental contributions collected under the Natural and Built Environment Act 2023 to fund infrastructure or other assets that the water services entity holds, including infrastructure or other assets transferred from the territorial authority to a water services entity.

2 Nothing in this section prevents a territorial authority from requiring development contributions or environmental contributions to fund water services infrastructure where applications for a resource consent, building consent, or service connection have been lodged prior to the water services entity’s establishment date.

History: Section 361: inserted, on 31 August 2023, by section 34 of the Water Services Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 52).