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Utilities Act 2000

137Utility to cooperate

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137 Utility to cooperate (1) The responsible utility must facilitate the taking of action by the controller and, in particular must comply with any direction by the controller. (2) A utility is not to be taken to contravene a requirement under this Act or any other Act by complying with a direction of the controller.

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