Water Services Act 2021 (2021 No 36).

Subject

Water

Keyword

Water supply Basic legislation Waterworks Authorization/permit Basin/catchment/watershed Concession Consumer protection Business/industry/corporations Resource/damage valuation Data collection/reporting Effluent waste water/discharge Water shortage/drought Early warning system/emergency intervention system Ecosystem preservation Enforcement/compliance EIA Environmental planning Equity Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Governance Hazardous substances Indigenous peoples Inspection Institution Integrated management Offences/penalties Potable water Public health Risk assessment/management Sustainable use Water abstraction Water charges Water quality standards Freshwater resources management Pollution control

Geographical area

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, Australia and New Zealand, Oceania, South Pacific

Entry into force notes

Not yet in force as 6 October 2021.

Abstract

The main purpose of this Act is to ensure that drinking water suppliers provide safe drinking water to consumers by a) providing a drinking water regulatory framework that is consistent with internationally accepted best practice, including a duty on drinking water suppliers to have a drinking water safety plan; and comply with legislative requirements (such as drinking water standards) on a consistent basis; b) by providing a source water risk management framework that, together with the Resource Management Act 1991, regulations made under that Act, and the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management, enables risks to source water to be properly identified, managed, and monitored; and c) providing mechanisms that enable the regulation of drinking water to be proportionate to the scale, complexity, and risk profile of each drinking water supply.

Full text

English

Website

www.legislation.govt.nz

References - Legislation

Amends

Resource Management Act 1991 (No. 69 of 1991).

Legislation | New Zealand | 1991

Keyword: Freshwater resources management, Basic legislation, Effluent waste water/discharge, Soil pollution/quality, Coastal zone management, Protected area, Water conservation zone, Inland waters, Land-use planning, Authorization/permit, Surface water, Groundwater, EIA, Aquaculture, Mariculture, Bed, Thermal and medicinal waters, Waterworks, Pollution control, Sustainable development, Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution, Water abstraction

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Local Government Act 2002 (No. 84 of 2002).

Legislation | New Zealand | 2002

Keyword: Local government, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Institution, Monitoring, Traditional rights/customary rights

Source: FAO, FAOLEX