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Water Services Act, 1997 (Act No. 108 of 1997)

Chapter III : Water Services Authorities

12. Duty to prepare draft water services development plan

 

(1) Every water services authority must, within one year after the commencement of this Act
(a) as part of the process of preparing any integrated development plan in terms of the Local Government Transition Act, 1993 (Act No. 209 of 1993); or
(b) separately, if no process contemplated in paragraph (a) has been initiated, prepare—
(i) a draft water services development plan for its area of jurisdiction; and
(ii) a summary of that plan.

 

(2) The Minister may extend the one-year period in respect of a water services authority in consultation with the Minister for Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development and the relevant Province.