Water Services Amendment Act, 2004 (Act No. 30 of 2004)

Government Gazette REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Vol. 476 Cape Town 11 February 2005 No. 27273 THE PRESIDENCY No. 130 11 February 2005 It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act, which is hereby published for general information:– No. 30 of 2004: Water Services Amendment Act, 2004. AIDS HELPLINE: 0800-123-22 Prevention is the cure 2 No. GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 2005 No. WATER SERVICES AMENDMENT ACT. GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE: i n bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments. Words underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments. (English text signed by President.) (Assented to 7 February 2005.) ACT To amend the Water Services Act, 1997, so as to enable water boards to perform activities outside the borders of South Africa; and to provide for matters connected therewith. B E IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows: Amendment of section 30 of Act 108 of 1997 . , . 1. Section 30 of the Water Services Act, 1997, is hereby amended by the addition of the following subsections: 5 “(3) The Minister must, in consultation with the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Trade and Industry and the Minister of Public Enterprises and by notice in the Gazette, (a) the nature of the activities that a water board may perform outside the countries in which such activities may be performed; and the maximum amount of capital that a water board may take out of the Republic when an activity contemplated in subsection (4) is the borders of the Republic; 10 (4) The Minister may, in consultation with the Minister of Finance, 15 authorise a water board to perform an activity outside the borders of the Republic.”. Short title 2. This Act is called the Water Services Amendment Act, 2004. 2T!.73 JI FEBRUARY Act 30, 2004 2004 [ 1 Words the determine b c) performed.