1974 Ed.]
Waterworks
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"waterworks" means any property occupied, used or maintained by the Water Authority for the purposes of this Ordinance and any gathering ground.
PART II
DUTIES AND POWERS OF WATER AUTHORITY
3. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Water Authority shall have the custody and control of the waterworks and of all water therein.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to leased land within a gathering ground.
4. (1) The duties of the Water Authority shall be-
(a) to supply water from the waterworks in accordance with this Ordinance;
(b) to acquire and conserve water;
(c) to supervise and regulate consumption;
(d) to ensure the proper administration and management of the waterworks, and to make due provision for the security thereof:
(e) to require payment of any charge and take such steps as may be necessary to enforce such payment; and
(f) generally to administer the provisions of this Ordinance.
(2) The Water Authority may do all things necessary or convenient to be done for and in connexion with or incidental to the due discharge of his duties under this Ordinance and in particular may construct, install, inspect, test, regulate, alter, repair or remove any part of the waterworks in, under or over any street or land held by the Crown.
5. (1) The Water Authority may, either generally or in any particular case, delegate any public officer to exercise or perform on his behalf any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon him under this Ordinance.
(2) Where any power conferred or duty imposed upon the Water Authority is exercised or performed by a public officer, the Water Authority shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have delegated the public officer under subsection (1) to exercise the power or perform the duty.
6. (1) The Governor may give to the Water Authority and to any public officer, other than a judge, a district judge or a magistrate, such directions as he thinks fit with respect to the exercise or performance of their respective powers or duties under this Ordinance, either generally or in any particular case.
Control of waterworks.
Duties of the Water Authority.
Delegation by the Water Authority.
Power of Governor to give directions.