Decree-Law No. 38/2020 creating the National Authority for Water and Sanitation and approving the related Statute. Country/Territory Timor-Leste Document type Legislation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Jornal da República Série I, No. 39, 23 September 2020. Subject Environment gen., Water, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Institution Pollution control Soil pollution/quality Waste disposal Waste domestic sources Waste management Waste non-domestic sources Water quality standards Inspection Waste prevention Environmental planning Policy/planning Environmental standards Standards Protection of environment Freshwater resources management Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Sustainable use Water supply Freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge Monitoring Water rights Water shortage/drought Flood Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes This Decree-Law enters into force 30 days after its publication. Abstract This Decree-Law, consisting of 29 articles divided into five Chapters, creates the National Authority for Water and Sanitation and approves the related Statute (ANAS, I.P.). It establishew composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned ANAS, I.P. aimed at proposing, monitoring and ensuring the implementation of national policy in the field of water resources, in order to guarantee its sustainable and integrated management, as well as the supervision and inspection of the sectors of public water supply, sanitation of urban waste water and urban solid waste. In particular, ANAS, I.P., is entitled to carry out the following duties: a) support the Government in the definition of the water resources management, water supply and sanitation policy; b) prepare proposals for water resources management plans to be submitted to the tutelage; c) support the work of the Coordination Council for Integrated Water Resources Management; d) promote the rational use of water through Water Resources Management Planning; e) propose the creation of areas in the public water domain; f) coordinate, at the national level, the adoption of exceptional measures in extreme drought or flood situations; g) ensure the monitoring, inspection and licensing of the use of water resources in accordance with the law and water resource management plans; h) propose to the Government the approval of regulatory norms related to the water resources sector, water supply and sanitation; i) regulate water supply and urban wastewater sanitation services and the quality of the service provided to users by management entities; j) ensure the monitoring, inspection and licensing of the activity of entities managing water supply and sanitation systems, in accordance with the law; k) control the correct use of water supply and sanitation systems by consumers, etc. Full text Portuguese Website www.legis-palop.org References - Legislation Repealed by Decree-Law No. 46/2023 of 28 July approving the structure of the 9th Constitutional Government. Legislation | Timor-Leste | 2023 Keyword: Governance, Gender, Institution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Agricultural development, Sustainable use, Freshwater resources management, Management/conservation, Tourism Source: FAO, FAOLEX