Watercourses and Waterworks Ordinance (Chapter 185), Act no. 25 of 1955.
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Abstract
This Ordinance provides for the establishment of the Water Board. The Board shall control, manage, maintain and supervise all watercourses and waterworks in the distribution area ("the Colony") and shall provide an adequate water supply to consumers (sect. 8). The Board may, with approval of the Administrator-in-Council, make regulations relating to matters listed in section 10. The Board may levy water service rates (sect. 12). The Legislative Council may, from time to time, by resolution, declare that any watercourses shall be subject to the provisions of this Ordinance (sect. 16). (26 sections, two Schedules)
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Long title of text
An Act to make provision for the regulation and supply of water for domestic and non-domestic purposes; and to make provision for related or incidental matters.
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Consolidated version of the Act as last amended by the Act no. 9 of 1986. Revised Edition of the Law as at 31 December 2002, including Subsidiary Legislation, published on April 12, 2023.Subsidiary Legislation includes: Watercourses and Waterworks Regulations; Water Service Rates.
Repealed
No
Publication reference
Laws of St. Christopher, Vol. III, pp.1481-1494.
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English
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