Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (Incorporation) Act, 1991 (No. 8 of 1991)

Legal Supplement Part A to the "Trinidad and Tobago Gazette", Vol. 30, No. 201, 8th August, 1991 Fifth Session Third Parliament Republic of Trinidad and Tobago REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Act No. 8 of 1991 [L.S.J AN AoT to incorporate the Caribbean Water and Waste water Association and for matters incidental thereto [Assented to 5th August, 1991 J WHEREAS there has been established in Trinidad and Preamble Tobago an Organization known as the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association. 66 No. 8 Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association 1991 (Incorporation) And:whereas it is expedient that the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association be incorporated: Enactment ENACTED by the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago as follows: short title 1. Thfa Act may be cited as the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (Incorporation) Act, 1991. rncorporatioin 2. The Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (hereinafter referred to as "the Association") is -hereby created a body corporate. Aims and objects 3. The aims and objects of the Association are Powers of the Association ( a)!to advance the science, practice and manage ment of water supply and wastewater disposal for the benefit of Caribbean people; (b r·to promote education and training in water supply and wastewater disposal to ensure an adequacy of trained manpower and well informed members of the public; and (c) to encourage study, research, and development in water supply and wastewater disposal, and the publication of the results of such work, so as to provide for appropriate and dynamic technological advances in this field in the Caribbean. 4. TheAssociationmay (a) hold meetings, mount exhibitions and provide facilities for the reading of papers, the delivery of lectures and the holding of discussions and debates upon subjects relating to water supply and wastewater disposal; · (b) facilitate the interchange of ideas respecting water supply and wastewater disposal and provide for the publication, dissemination and acquisition of information connected with water supply and wastewater disposal; (c) participate in the education and training of persons in water supply and wastewater No. 8 -Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (Incorporation) 1991 disposal by conducting courses and exami nations, or assisting in them, and by awarding certificates, diplomas and prizes for successful studentship; ( d) promote and maintain the highest possible standards of professional competence and practice of persons engaged in or about to engage in water supply and wastewater disposal; ( e) establish, form and maintain a library and collection of books, technical documents, designs, drawings, models and other articles of interest in connection with community, national and regional development of water supply and wastewater disposal; (j) undertake, superintend, administer and con tribute to relevant charitable funds; (g) invest the moneys of the Association not immediately required for its purposes in or upon such investments, securities or property as may be thought fit, subject nevertheless to such conditions, if any, and such consents, if any, as may for the time being be imposed or required by law and subject also as hereinafter provided; (h) borrow any moneys required for the purposes of the Association upon such terms and with any necessary consent and on such securities as may be determined; (i) acquire by purchase, transfer, donatfon, exchange, demise, bequest, grant, gift, conveyance or howsoever otherwise, any real or personal property or any estate or interest therein; {j) build, construct, maintain, repair, enlarge or otherwise alter or improve any buildings required for the purposes of the Association; (k) sell, exchange, demise, mortgage or otherwise dispose of and deal with all property which may for the time being be vested in it, subject to any restraint, reservation or condition contained in the document under which it has acquired title; 67 68 Mode of execution of documents Service of documents Power to make rules Saving of State and other rights No. 8 Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (Incorporation) 1991 (Z) receive and administer grants made to the Association for its objects and purposes; and (m) do all other lawful things necessary to the attainment of the above objects. 5. All documents requiring the seal of the Association shall be sealed with the common seal of the Association in the presence of the President and Secretary for the time being in office, or in the event of incapacity or absence from the territory, by some other person or persons authorised for that purpose by the Association, who shall both sign every such document and such signing shall be prima facie evidence that the said seal was duly affixed and that the same is the lawful seal of the Association. 6. (1) The Association shall at all times have a fixed address in Trinidad and Tobago for the service of documents on it and the address or any change thereof shall be registered with the Registrar General within twenty-eight days of the date of incorporation or the change of address as the case may be. (2) All documents to be served on the Association may be served by leaving the same at, or by sending the same by registered post to, the registered address of the Association. (3) Failure to register the address or any change thereof is a summary offence and renders the Association liable to a fine of one hundred and twenty dollars and to a further fine of ten dollars for each day during which the offence continues after conviction therefor. 7. The Association may from time to time make rules for the proper conduct of its proceedings and discharge of its duties, powers and functions with power to vary or revoke such rules and regulations. 8. Nothing in this Act affects or is deemed to affect the rights of the State or of any bodies poUtic or corporate or of any other persons, except such as are mentioned or referred to in this Act and those claiming by, through, from or under them. No. 8 ·caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (Incorporation) 1991 Passed in the Senate this 19th day of February, 1991. R. CUMBERBATCH Acting .Okrk of the Senate Passed in the House of Representatives this 24th day of May, 1991. N.COX Acting Okrk of the House PRINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTERY, PORT·OF·SPAIN REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAG0-1991 69