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Water Utilization (Control and Regulation) Act 1974 (Act No. 42).

Country/Territory
United Republic of Tanzania
Document type
Legislation
Date
1974
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Tanzania Official Gazette, 1974, No. 42, pp. 429-444.
Long title
An Act to repeal and replace the Water Ordinance.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Basic legislation Groundwater Authorization/permit Priorities Inland waters Water rights Inspection Institution Access-to-information Well sinking/boreholes Servitude Waterworks Hydropower generation Industrial water use Water shortage/drought
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Least Developed Countries
Abstract

The Act (39 sections) creates a system of water rights, administered by Water Officers and the Principal Water Officer, who acts on the advice of the Central Water Advisory Board. The Act contains preliminary provisions (Part I), provisions on appointment of officers and establishment of Water Advisory Boards (Part II), ownership of and inherent rights to the use of water (Part III), grant of water rights (Part IV), revision, variation, determination and dimunition of water rights (Part V), miscellaneous powers (Part VI), appeals (Part VII), offences (Part VIII) and miscellaneous provisions (Part IX).

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References - Legislation

Implemented by

Water Utilization (General) Regulations, 1997 (G.N. No. 370 of 1997).

Legislation | United Republic of Tanzania | 1997

Keyword: Institution, Court/tribunal, Water rights, Servitude, Groundwater

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water Utilization (General) Regulations, 1975.

Legislation | United Republic of Tanzania | 1975

Keyword: Institution, Water rights, Servitude

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Songwe River Water Users' Association Regulations (G.N. No. 175 of 1983).

Legislation | United Republic of Tanzania | 1983

Keyword: Water supply, Sewerage, Waterworks, Water users' associations, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Freshwater resources management, Water abstraction

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Urban Water Supply Act, 1981 (Act No. 7 of 1981).

Legislation | United Republic of Tanzania | 1991

Keyword: Water supply, Institution, Waterworks, Sewerage, Freshwater pollution, Offences/penalties, Basic legislation, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1997 (Act No. 8 of 1997).

Legislation | United Republic of Tanzania | 1997

Keyword: Water rights, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water Utilization (Control and Regulation)(Amendment) Act, 1981 (Act No. 10).

Legislation | United Republic of Tanzania | 1981

Keyword: Authorization/permit, Standards, Water rights, Institution, River basin institution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Authority Act, 2001 (Act No. 20 of 2001).

Legislation | United Republic of Tanzania | 2002

Keyword: Institution, Water supply, Waterworks, Sewerage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999).

Legislation | United Republic of Tanzania | 1999

Keyword: Water rights, Institution, Water supply

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Water Resources Management Act, 2009 (No. 11 of 2009).

Legislation | United Republic of Tanzania | 2009

Keyword: Framework law, Basic legislation, Freshwater resources management, Surface water, Groundwater, Institution, Policy/planning, Water abstraction, Water rights, Water shortage/drought, Freshwater pollution, Irrigation, Water users' associations, Wetlands, EIA, Flood, Transboundary effects, Well sinking/boreholes, Basin/catchment/watershed, Water conservation zone, Pollution control, Traditional rights/customary rights, Inland waters, Ecosystem preservation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX