Water Services Amendment Act 30 of 2004

Water Services Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 30 of 2004)

GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:
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(English text signed by the President.)
(Assented to 7 February 2005.)

Act

• to amend the Water Services Act, 1997, so as to enable water boards to perform activities outside the borders of South Africa; and
• to provide for matters connected therewith.

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-

Amendment of section 30 of Act 108 of 1997

1. Section 30 of the Water Services Act, 1997, is hereby amended by the addition of the following subsections:

“(3) The Minister must, in consultation with the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Trade and Industry and the Minister of Public Enterprises and by notice in the Gazette, determine-

(a) the nature of the activities that a water board may perform outside the borders of the Republic;

(b) the countries in which such activities may be performed; and

(c) the maximum amount of capital that a water board may take out of the Republic when an activity contemplated in subsection (4) is performed.

(4) The Minister may, in consultation with the Minister of Finance, authorise a water board to perform an activity outside the borders of the Republic.”.

Short title

2. This Act is called the Water Services Amendment Act, 2004.

Commencement

11 February 2005