Water Supply (Critical Needs) Act 2019
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12 Obligations of public authorities
12 Obligations of public authorities
A public authority has the following obligations in respect of development for the purposes of a critical town or locality water supply—
(a) to co-operate with the public authority responsible for the development for the purposes of a critical town or locality water supply (responsible authority) in the exercise of the public authority’s functions, including complying with any reasonable request of the responsible authority for information to enable the responsible authority to exercise its functions,
(b) to notify the responsible authority of any proposed exercise of the public authority’s functions that may impact adversely on the exercise of the responsible authority’s functions.