292Functions of water supply authority

292 Functions of water supply authority

292 Functions of water supply authority

(1) A water supply authority has the following functions—

(a) subject to the Minister’s approval, to construct, maintain and operate water management works and other associated works,

(b) to conduct research, collect information and develop technology in relation to water management,

(c) to do anything for the purpose of enabling the objects of this Act to be attained.

(2) A water supply authority may exercise its functions within and beyond its area of operations.

(2A) A water supply authority must not exercise any function beyond its area of operations in such a way as to limit its capacity to exercise that function within that area.

(3) It is the duty of a water supply authority to exercise its functions consistently with the principles of ecologically sustainable development.

(4) The regulations may make further provision about the approval of the Minister under subsection (1)(a).

s 292: Am 2011 No 27, Sch 1.11 [1]; 2024 No 80, Sch 1[11].