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Water and Sewerage Ordinance (Chapter 8:03).

Country/Territory
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
Document type
Legislation
Date
1994 (2009)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Ordinance to provide for the establishment and functions of a Water and Sewerage Board; to provide for the licensing of the abstraction of water; to provide for the appointment of public water undertakers and public sewerage undertakers and for their regulation; to modernise the law relating to the supply of water and the law relating to the provision of sewers and the treatment and disposal of sewage; to make provision in respect of water pollution; and for connected purposes.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Framework law Basic legislation Freshwater resources management Institution Water supply Waterworks Groundwater Water abstraction Water rights Freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge Sewerage Authorization/permit Water shortage/drought Sustainable development Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties Pollution control
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Ordinance makes provision for the management of water resources, the abstraction and supply of water, sewerage, drought management, freshwater pollution and related matters. The Ordinance consists of 11 sections, divided into 12 Parts: Preliminary (I); Water and Sewerage Board (II); Abstraction of Water (III); Appointment and Regulation of Undertakers (IV); Water Supply (V); Sewerage Services (VI); Financial Provisions (VII); Undertakers’ Powers and Works (VIII); Information Provisions (IX); Drought (X); Control of Pollution (XI); Miscellaneous (XII). (completed by one Schedule)

Full text
English
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