Freeport Bye-laws Act (Cap. 29).
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Type of law
Legislation
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Abstract
This Act authorizes the Port Authority to make, with the approval of the Minister responsible for Public Health and the Minister responsible for Public Works, Bye-laws for the enforcement of a Building Code or a Sanitary Code which may apply in the Freeport Area. The Act also requires permission from the Authority for well-digging or abstracting groundwater in the Port Area.
The Bye-laws may be made for, among other things: the protection from pollution of underground water; preventing waste, undue consumption, misuse or contamination of water supplied by the Port Authority or a licensee empowered to supply water to the public, or of water obtained from wells or boreholes with the permission of the Port Authority; the control of refuse and other waste.
The Bye-laws may be made for, among other things: the protection from pollution of underground water; preventing waste, undue consumption, misuse or contamination of water supplied by the Port Authority or a licensee empowered to supply water to the public, or of water obtained from wells or boreholes with the permission of the Port Authority; the control of refuse and other waste.
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Long title of text
An Act to provide for the making and enforcement of bye-laws for the purpose of maintaining proper standards of building construction, sanitation and hygiene within the area of the Island of Grand Bahama known as the port area and for other purposes connected with the orderly development of the said area.
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Consolidated version of Act No. 49 of 1965 as at 31 December 2009 and amended last by Act No. 5 of 1987.
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No