Utilities Act 2000
227Stormwater network
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227 Stormwater network (1) For this Act, a stormwater network is the infrastructure used, or for use, in relation to stormwater drainage. Examples of infrastructure 1 drains, channels, floodways, mains, pipes, pollutant traps and storage facilities 2 access holes, inlet sumps and surcharge sumps 3 equipment associated with the infrastructure 4 a thing ancillary to the infrastructure (2) However, a stormwater network does not include infrastructure outside the stormwater network boundary and anything else excluded under the stormwater network code.