Underground Water Control Act. Country/Territory Jamaica Document type Legislation Date 1962 (1973) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official Gazette 1973, pp. 1-15. Subject Water Keyword Basic legislation Groundwater Well sinking/boreholes Institution Freshwater resources management Water conservation zone Access-to-information Inspection Water abstraction Authorization/permit Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States Abstract The Act provides, inter alia, for the establishment of the Undergroundwater Authority as a body corporate (sects. 3-7), declaration of critical areas for purposes of protection and conservation of groundwater (sect. 9), control of well digging in a critical area (sect. 11), control of abstraction in the critical area (sect. 12), regulation of licenses (sects. 13-14), appeal (sect. 15), general directions in matters of policy by Minister (sect. 19), and offences (sect. 20). (20 sections and one Schedule) Full text English References - Legislation Implemented by Underground Water Control (Abstractions) Regulations, 1961. Legislation | Jamaica | 1961 (1976) Keyword: Groundwater, Water abstraction, Water rights, Data collection/reporting Source: FAO, FAOLEX Underground Water Control (Licensing) Regulations, 1961. Legislation | Jamaica | 1961 (1976) Keyword: Groundwater, Authorization/permit, Water abstraction, Well sinking/boreholes, Water charges Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Water Resources Act. Legislation | Jamaica | 1996 (1998) Keyword: Basic legislation, Surface water, Groundwater, Institution, Policy/planning, Freshwater resources management, Water conservation zone, Waterworks, Authorization/permit, Water abstraction, Servitude, Well sinking/boreholes, Effluent waste water/discharge, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX