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Punjab Water Act, 2019 (Act XXI of 2019).

País/Territorio
Pakistán
Subdivisión territorial
Punjab
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2019
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Título completo
An Act to comprehensively manage and regulate water resources in the Punjab in the interest of conservation and sustainability.
Materia
Agua
Palabra clave
Ley marco Legislación básica Manejo de recursos hídricos Abastecimiento de agua Instalaciones Contaminación de las aguas dulces Escasez de agua/sequía Monitoreo Control de la contaminación Desarrollo sostenible Uso sostenible Uso industrial del agua
Área geográphica
Asia, Asia y Pacifico, Océano Índico, Mares del Asia Sudoriental, Asia Meridional
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force immediately.
Resumen

This Act, consisting of 58 sections divided into twelve Chapters and completed by four Schedules, provides for comprehensive management of all water resources in the Punjab aiming to regulate their use in the interest of conservation and sustainability and related matters. The Government shall establish the Punjab Water Resources Commission entitled to carry out the following functions: conserving, redistributing or otherwise augmenting water resources in the Punjab; allocating water resources for domestic, agricultural, ecological, industrial or other purposes in different areas of the Punjab; and securing the proper use of water resources in the Punjab. In addition, the Government shall establish Punjab Water Services Regulatory Authority entitled to perform the following activities: ensure that the undertakers discharge their duties and perform their functions in accordance with the Act or any other law for the time being in force; revise tariffs set by water and sewerage undertakers. The Commission may appoint a company, a local government or a statutory authority to be the water undertaker or sewerage undertaker for any area. Every water undertaker shall develop and maintain an efficient and economical system of water supply within its area and to ensure that all such arrangements have been made for: providing supplies of water to premises in that area and for making such supplies available to persons who demand them; for maintaining, improving and extending the water mains and other pipes, as well as to duly approved industrial premises in a particular locality.

Texto completo
Inglés
Página web
www.punjablaws.gov.pk