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WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 648 Special procedures for draft corporate plan

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 648

Special procedures for draft corporate plan

648 Special procedures for draft corporate plan

(1) The Minister may return the draft corporate plan to the water authority and request it to—
(a) consider, or further consider, any matter and deal with the matter in the draft plan; and
(b) revise the draft plan in the light of its consideration or further consideration.
(2) The board must comply with the request as a matter of urgency.
(3) If a draft corporate plan has not been agreed to by the Minister before the start of the financial year, the Minister may, by notice, direct the authority—
(a) to take specified steps in relation to the draft plan; or
(b) to make specified modifications to the draft plan.
(4) The authority must immediately comply with a direction under subsection (3) .
(5) The Minister must cause a copy of a direction to be published in the gazette within 15 business days after it is given.