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

Chapter VIII : Monitoring and Intervention

62. Monitoring of water services institutions

 

(1) The Minister and any relevant Province must monitor the performance of every water services institution in order to ensure—
(a) compliance with all applicable national standards prescribed under this Act;
(b) compliance with all norms and standards for tariffs prescribed under this Act; and
(c) compliance with every applicable development plan, policy statement or business plan adopted in terms of this Act.

 

(2) Every water services institution must—
(a) furnish such information as may be required by the Minister after consultation with the Minister for Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development; and
(b) allow the Minister access to its books, records and physical assets to the extent necessary for the Minister to carry out the monitoring functions contemplated in subsection (1).