Water Resource Tax (Budget Amendment) Act 2017 (No. 23 of 2017). Country/Territory Fiji Document type Legislation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Republic of Fiji Islands Government Gazette of 2017. Long titleAn Act to amend the Water Resource Tax Act. Subject Water Keyword Water charges Water abstraction Groundwater Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract This Decree amends the Water Resource Tax Promulgation 2008 with respect to rates for water charges and penalties for offences. Section 5 is amended by deleting “appropriate rate under the Schedule” and substituting “rate or rates prescribed by regulations made under this Act”. Section 5 imposes a levy, set out in Schedule 1, on the extraction of water in its natural state including artesian water, natural mineral and spring water, from an underground water table or deposit and emerging from a spring tapped at one or more natural or bore exits. Full text English Website www.paclii,org References - Legislation Amends Water Resource Tax Promulgation 2008 (No. 30 of 2008). Legislation | Fiji | 2010 Keyword: Water charges, Water abstraction, Groundwater, Potable water Source: FAO, FAOLEX