(1) This section applies for a water authority if—
(a) the water authority
carries out water activities including water supply or drainage for an
authority area; and
(b) all relevant registered owners of the land in the
authority area enter into a written agreement complying with subsection (3) (a
"closed water activity agreement" ) about carrying out the water activities
for the land.
(a) the land and works to which the agreement applies;
and
(b) if the water activities include water supply—
(i) the water to
which the agreement applies; and
(ii) the arrangements for supplying the
water to each party’s land; and
(c) the arrangements for the maintenance or
replacement of the works and the sharing of the cost of the maintenance or
replacement; and
(d) the arrangements for accessing the works; and
(e)
provisions for the cancellation of the agreement with the consent of all
parties.
(4) The agreement has effect only when the water authority and its
authority area are dissolved under this division.
(5) While the agreement has
effect, the obligations under the agreement on each party attach to the
party’s land and bind the party and the party’s successors in title to the
land.
(6) Section 1001(1) to (3) applies to the registration of the
agreement as if—
(a) a reference in the subsections to the private water
supply agreement or agreement were a reference to the
closed water activity agreement; and
(b) a reference in the subsections to
the parties were a reference to the parties to the
closed water activity agreement; and
(c) a reference in the subsections to
relevant land were a reference to the land mentioned in subsection (3) (a) .
(7) In this section—
"relevant registered owner" , of land in the authority area, means a
registered owner of land in the authority area who is also a ratepayer for the
water authority on whom a rate is currently levied.
