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Water Supply (Prevention of Waste) Regulations, 1965 (S.I. No. 79 of 1965).

Country/Territory
Seychelles
Document type
Regulation
Date
1965
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official Gazette, Supplement to Gazette of 2 November 1965, pp.174 and 175.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Water shortage/drought Water supply Freshwater resources management
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Indian Ocean, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

Any person who wastes water or allows water to be wasted shall be guilty of an offence (sect. 2). The Director of Public works may cut off the water supply to persons who continue to waste water (sect. 3). A state of drought may be declared; the powers of the Director of Public Works during the declared period of drought are defined in sections 5 and 6.

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