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Water Authority Act (2022 Revision).

Country/Territory
Cayman Islands (UK)
Document type
Legislation
Date
1982 (2018)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Supplement No. 7 published with Legislation Gazette No. 7 of 31st January, 2022.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Framework law Basic legislation Pollution control Freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge Water quality standards Access-to-information Inspection Institution Water charges Groundwater Authorization/permit Water abstraction Water supply Waterworks Sewerage Well sinking/boreholes Water rights
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean
Abstract

This Act makes provision for water conservation and management matters and establishes the Water Authority. The 73 sections of the Act are divided into 11 Parts, i.e.: Introductions (I); Central Administration (II); Control of Water Resources Use (III); Revisions, Variations, Termination and Diminution of Licences (IV); Water Pollution Control (V); Water Supply (VI); Sewerage and Sewage Disposal (VII); Licensing of Well-Diggers (VIII); Miscellaneous Powers (IX); Appeals (X); Penalties and Supplementary (XI). The Water Authority shall be a body corporate and shall be responsible, among other things, for the implementation of water policy and water supply and sewage. The Governor may, after consultation with the Authority, make Regulations relating to matters specified in section 70. (Completed by one Schedule concerning the constitution and procedure of the Authority)

Full text
English
Website
gazettes.gov.ky

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Water Authority Regulations, 1985.

Legislation | Cayman Islands (UK) | 1985

Keyword: Institution, Authorization/permit, Groundwater, Water charges, Waterworks, Registration, Sewerage, Contract/agreement, Freshwater resources management, Data collection/reporting, Inspection, Freshwater pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water Authority Regulations (2022 Revision).

Legislation | Cayman Islands (UK) | 1985 (2021)

Keyword: Institution, Authorization/permit, Groundwater, Water charges, Waterworks, Registration, Sewerage, Contract/agreement, Freshwater resources management, Data collection/reporting, Inspection, Freshwater pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Water Authority (Amendment) Law, 2018 (Law No. 14 of 2018).

Legislation | Cayman Islands (UK) | 2018

Keyword: Institution, Governance

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water Authority (Amendment) Law (No. 17 of 2017).

Legislation | Cayman Islands (UK) | 2017

Keyword: Freshwater pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Water supply, Institution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX