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

Chapter XII : General Provisions

84. Repeal of laws, and savings

 

(1) The laws set out in Schedule 2 are hereby repealed to the extent set out in the third column of that Schedule.

 

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) the following organisations continue to exist and are deemed to be water boards established in terms of this Act:
(a) Any water board established in terms of the Water Act, 1956 (Act No. 54 of 1956);
(b) the Rand Water Board established under the Rand Water Board Incorporation Ordinance, 1903 (Ordinance No. 32 of 1903 (Transvaal)), as consolidated in the Rand Water Board Statutes (Private) Act, 1950 (Act No. 17 of 1950); and
(c) the North-West Water Supply Authority established by the North-West Water Supply Authority Act, 1988 (Act No. 39 of 1988 (Bophuthatswana)).

 

(3) The governance, name and service areas of those water boards remain as defined in the legislation in terms of which they were established, until the Minister determines otherwise by notice in the Gazette.

 

(4) All existing rights and obligations of those water boards remain in force after the commencement of this Act.

 

(5) Notwithstanding subsection (1) the provisions of the Rand Water Board Statutes (Private) Act, 1950, the Water Act, 1956, and the North-West Water Supply Authority Act, 1988 (Bophuthatswana), requiring a water board to obtain the approval of the Minister in order to perform any functions, remain in force until two months after the first policy statement and business plan has been prepared and submitted to the Minister by the water board concerned.

 

(6) Anything done before the commencement of this Act by an organisation contemplated in subsection (2) and any regulation made or condition set under or in terms of any law repealed by subsection (1) remains valid and is deemed to have been done, made or set under or in terms of the corresponding provision of this Act if—
(a) it is capable of being done, made or set under or in terms of this Act; and
(b) it is not in conflict with the main objects of this Act as set out in section 3.