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Water Act (No. 54 of 1956).

Country/Territory
South Africa
Document type
Legislation
Date
1956 (1994)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Statutes of the Republic of South Africa - Water, Issue No. 28, pp. 1201-1399.
Long title
An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the control, conservation and use of water for domestic, agricultural, urban and industrial purposes; to make provision for the control, in certain respects, of the use of sea water for certain purposes; for the control of certain activities on or in water in certain areas; for the control of activities which may alter the natural occurence of certain types of athmospheric precipitation; for the control, in certain respects, of the establishment or extension of townships in certain areas; and for matters incidental.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Basic legislation Water conservation zone Authorization/permit Water charges Freshwater pollution Irrigation Water rights Inspection Institution Subsidy/incentive Groundwater Rainwater Well sinking/boreholes Effluent waste water/discharge Servitude Waterworks Water supply Hydropower generation Industrial water use Recreational water use Water shortage/drought Court/tribunal Pollution control
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

The Act (182 sections, 1 Schedule) contains provisions on central control (Chap. I); Control and use of private and public water (Chap. II); Groundwater (Chap. III); Atmospheric precipitation (Chap. III-A); Water courts (Chap. IV); Government (water) works (Chap. V); Irrigation boards (Chap. VI); Water boards (Chap. VII); Servitudes (Chap. VIII); Irrigation loans, liabilities and subsidies (Chap. IX); Water sport control areas (Chap. IX bis); General and miscellaneous provisions (Chap. X). The Schedule contains amendments and repeals.

Full text
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References - Legislation

Implemented by

Regulations for the drilling of boreholes for any person, including the fixing of scales of charges (No. R 1015).

Legislation | South Africa | 1963

Keyword: Well sinking/boreholes, Waterworks, Groundwater, Water charges, Authorization/permit, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulations framed under Section One Hundred and Sixty-four of the Water Act, 1956 (Act No. 54 of 1956), in connection with additional works in respect of boreholes for stock-watering and domestic purposes (G. N. No. R 1017).

Legislation | South Africa | 1963

Keyword: Waterworks, Subsidy/incentive, Well sinking/boreholes, Groundwater

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulations in respect of subterranean water control areas (No. R 1324).

Legislation | South Africa | 1963

Keyword: Groundwater, Well sinking/boreholes, Water conservation zone, Authorization/permit, Access-to-information, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water Court Regulations Framed under section Fifty-five of the Water Act (No. R 1602).

Legislation | South Africa | 1963

Keyword: Court/tribunal, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Governance

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Water Laws Rationalisation and Amendment Act (No. 32 of 1994).

Legislation | South Africa | 1994

Keyword: Water supply, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water Amendment Act, 1997.

Legislation | South Africa | 1997

Keyword: Surface water, Water abstraction, Effluent waste water/discharge, Waterworks, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

National Water Act (No. 36 of 1998).

Legislation | South Africa | 1998

Keyword: Framework law, Freshwater resources management, Policy/planning, Basin/catchment/watershed, Water conservation zone, Authorization/permit, Water charges, Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution, Irrigation, Right to water, Water rights, Inspection, Institution, Subsidy/incentive, Data collection/reporting, Groundwater, Rainwater, Well sinking/boreholes, Effluent waste water/discharge, Servitude, Waterworks, Water supply, Hydropower generation, Industrial water use, Recreational water use, Water shortage/drought, Court/tribunal, Dispute settlement, Water users' associations, Classification/declassification, Pollution control, Gender, Human rights

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

National Water Act.

Legislation | South Africa | 1998 (1999)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Freshwater resources management, Policy/planning, Basin/catchment/watershed, Water conservation zone, Authorization/permit, Water charges, Irrigation, Water rights, Inspection, Institution, Subsidy/incentive, Data collection/reporting, Groundwater, Rainwater, Well sinking/boreholes, Effluent waste water/discharge, Servitude, Waterworks, Water supply, Hydropower generation, Industrial water use, Recreational water use, Water shortage/drought, Court/tribunal, Dispute settlement, Water users' associations, Classification/declassification, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Gender, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX