Ground Water (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (GN No. 23 of 2022)
Made 2022-01-19 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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About this law
- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Country
- Mauritius
- Subjects
- Water, General
- Keywords
- coronavirus disease (COVID-19), groundwater, water charges, fees/royalties
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1. These regulations may be cited as the Ground Water (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
2. In these regulations — "COVID-19 period" has the same meaning as in the Interpretation and General Clauses Act; "principal regulations" means the Ground Water Regulations 2011.
3. Regulation 19 of the principal regulations is amended, in paragraph (2)(a), by adding the following new sub subparagraph, the comma at the end of sub subparagraph (ii) being deleted and replaced by a semicolon and the word "or" at the end of sub subparagraph (i) being deleted — (iii) where, pursuant to sub subparagraph (i), the time period of 21 days expires, or falls, wholly or partly, during the COVID-19 period, no surcharge shall, notwithstanding sub subparagraph (ii), be imposed, provided that the amount of fees, rates, charges or other duties that the consumer owed to the Central Water Authority is paid not later than 4 months as from 30 April 2021,
4. These regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 April 2021. Made by the Central Water Authority Board on 1 April 2021 and approved by the Minister on 19 January 2022.