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An Act to Incorporate the Greater Vancouver Water District Act ([SBC 1924] Chapter 22).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
British Columbia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1924 (2018)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Energy, Water
Keyword
Business/industry/corporations Institution Energy conservation/energy production Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Transport/storage Financing Offences/penalties Basic legislation Water supply Water rights Property rights
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

Section 3 of the above-mentioned Act establishes that there is hereby created and constituted a body corporate and politic under the name of the "Greater Vancouver Water District," with the objects, powers, and mode of management set forth in this Act. The Corporation may acquire and supply water and may produce and supply energy. In particular, section 8 specifies that the objects of the Corporation shall be the acquiring, supplying, and distributing of water from any source or sources for the use of the inhabitants of the district for all purposes. Whereas section 9 establishes that the Corporation has the object of the generation, storage, transmission, exchange, sale or other disposition of energy that is produced in connection with, or incidental to, the acquiring, supplying, and distributing of water. The text consists of 99 sections.

Full text
English
Website
www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca