National Water Supply and Sanitation (Amendment) Act 2020 / Act No. 18 of 2020

Being an Act to amend – (a) the National Water Supply and Sanitation Act 2006; (b) to provide for the merger of National Capital District Water and Sewerage Limited trading as Eda Redu and Water PNG Limited, the transfer of Eda Redu assets to Water PNG Limited and for the amalgamation of Eda Ranu with Water PNG Limited; and (c) to repeal the National Capital District Water Supply and Sewerage Act 1996 and for related purposes.

The Act amends the principal Act National Water Supply Sanitation Act by amending section 2 and inserting a new section 2A on application; section 3 is amended by deleting symbol (I) in subsection 1 and repealing subsection 2; section 8 is amended by repealing subsection 1 and replacing it with a new section that the company may operate and maintain water supply system in a water supply district (a) in any city, town or rural area; (b) for any city, town or rural area; section 18 is amended on sanitation system; section 46 is amended on licensing of water supply and sanitation system; inserting new part 9 on merger of national capital district water and sewerage limited with the company.