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Water Amendment Act, 1997

This section introduces the Water Amendment Act, 1997, which amends the Water Act, 1956 to further regulate water abstraction from public streams with artificially augmented natural flow. The Mini…

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Jurisdiction: South Africa
Structure: 3 provisions
Citation: Act 58 of 1997
Dates: updated 14 Nov 1997

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“This section introduces the Water Amendment Act, 1997, which amends the Water Act, 1956 to further regulate water abstraction from public streams with artificially augmented natural flow.”

This section introduces the Water Amendment Act, 1997, which amends the Water Act, 1956 to further regulate water abstraction from public streams with artificially augmented natural flow. The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, prohibit water abstraction from a specified part of a public stream if the stream’s natural flow is being augmented by certain discharged water. This Act is called the Water Amendment Act, 1997.

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November 1997

This section introduces the Water Amendment Act, 1997, which amends the Water Act, 1956 to further regulate water abstraction from public streams with artificially augmented natural flow.

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Section 56A of the Water Act, 1956, is hereby amended by the substitution for 5

The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, prohibit water abstraction from a specified part of a public stream if the stream’s natural flow is being augmented by certain discharged water.

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This Act shall be called the Water Amendment Act, 1997.

This Act is called the Water Amendment Act, 1997.

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§ 14November 1997Amendment

This section introduces the Water Amendment Act, 1997, which amends the Water Act, 1956 to further regulate water abstraction from public streams with artificially augmented natural flow.

14 November 1997 No. 1515. 14 November 1997 II is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act which is hereby published for general infommtion:- Hierby w o r d b e k e n d gemaak dat die President s>’ goedkeuring geheg het aan die onderstaande Wet wat hierb} ter algemene inligting gepubliseer word:— No. 58 of 1997: Water Amendment Act. 1997 No. 58 van 1997: Waterwysigingswet. 1997. ? No. 18428 id NO. 58, 1997 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14 NOVEMBER 1997 WATER ,.IMENDMENT ACT. 1997 GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE: [ 1 Words in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments. Words underlined with a solid line indicwe insertions in existing enactments. ACT To amend the Water Act, 1956, so as to further regulate the abstraction of water from public streams of which the natural flow is artificially augmented. (Afrikaans text signed by the President. ) (Assented to 6 November 1997.) B E IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic ot’ South Africa. as follows:— Amendment of section 56A of Act 54 of 1956, as inserted by section 9 of Act 92 of 1993

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§ 1Section 56A of the Water Act, 1956, is hereby amended by the substitution for 5Short title

The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, prohibit water abstraction from a specified part of a public stream if the stream’s natural flow is being augmented by certain discharged water.

1. Section 56A of the Water Act, 1956, is hereby amended by the substitution for 5 subsection ( 1 ) of the following subsection: “(1 ) If [in the opinion of the Minister] the natural flow in any portion of any public stream is continually or from time to time augmented by— (a) purified or treated water derived from effluent resulting from the use for industrial purposes of water supplied or distributed by means of a Government 10 water work or any other water work mentioned in section 56(3)(b). and discharged into that public stream under an exemption, under section 2 l(4). from the provisions of section 21(1)(b); Q (b) water discharged into that public stream derived from any other source, by means of a Government water work or a water work constructed and operated 15 pursuant to a treaty contemplated in section 138A (1), [he] the Minister may by notice in the Gazerte prohibit, with effect from a date specified in the notice, the abstraction of water from the said portion of the public stream at any place along the course thereof.”. Short title

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§ 2This Act shall be called the Water Amendment Act, 1997.Amendment

This Act is called the Water Amendment Act, 1997.

2. This Act shall be called the Water Amendment Act, 1997.

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