Water Resources Management (Amendment) Rules, 2011 (L.N. No. 93 of 2011)

LEGAL NOTICE NO. 93 THE WATER ACT (No 8 of 2002) IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 110 of the Water Act, the Minister for Water and Irrigation, makes the following Rules:— THE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) RULES, 2011 1. These Rules may be cited as the Water Resources Management (Amendment) Rules, 2011. Sub-Leg. 2. Rule 12 of the Water Resources Management Rules, 2007, in these Rules referred to as the “principal Rules” is amended – (a) in paragraph (2) by deleting subparagraph (c); (b) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (2)— (3) Every person appointed by the Authority as a water resources inspector shall— (a) carry a document of identification and shall produce it, when required, in the performance of his or her duties; and (b) carry a field notebook in Form 021 set out in the Twelfth Schedule. 3. Rule 13 of the Principal Rules is amended by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (2)— (2A). Every region shall maintain a Water Resources Management Authority regional incidence occurrence register in Form 022 set out in the Twelfth Schedule and which shall form part of the regional database. 4. The Twelfth Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended— (a) by inserting the following new items immediately after item WRMA 020. WRMA021 WRMA Field Note Book 12 WRMA 022 WRMA Regional Incidence Occurrence Register 13 (b) by inserting the following forms immediately after form WRMA 020. FORM WRMA 021 (r. 12 (3) (a)) WRMA FIELD NOTEBOOK No. Date and Time Place of Incident Report Made by Particulars Classification (as per category of risk) Action Page Guidance Notes: No space should be left unfilled All Field Notebook data to be transferred in summary form to the Regional Incident Occurrence Book by close of the week. FORM WRMA 022 (r. 13 (24)) WRMA REGIONAL INCIDENT OCCURRENCE REGISTER Incident No. Date and Time Complainant/Affected parties Location Nature of Incident Category Level(ABCDEF) Officer (s)responsible Report on action/Prosecution, Restoration, Compensation, Civil Claim Page 1 Note: Category Level is a classification based on Risk Assessment made by WRMA Risk assessment: To be based on level of impact on resources, affected people, manpower, disruption of normal services, generation of media coverage etc. Dated the 21st June, 2011. CHARITY NGILU, Minister for Water and Irrigation.