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National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998)

Regulations on Registration of Water Use

8. Deregistration

 

1) A person who no longer wishes to continue with his or her registered water use must apply to the responsible authority for the deregistration of that water use.

 

2) If the water use is connected with—
a) a waterwork that belongs to a bulk water supplier, a water management institution or a communal scheme; or
b) a waterwork in respect of which financial obligations are outstanding,

the written approval of the supplier who owns the waterworks must be submitted with the application for deregistration.

 

3) Where a dam is a dam with a safety risk or declared to be a dam with a safety risk, the procedure as set out in Chapter 12 of the Act and any regulation appertaining thereto must be complied with in respect of deregistration.

 

4) Proof of deregistration of any registered water use must be provided by the responsible authority.