209 South Eleuthera Water Supply

AuthorRalph Hone
Pages#4

CHAPTER 209.

SOUTH ELEUTHERA WATER SUPPLY.

AN ACT TO AUTHORISE THE ENTERING INTO OF AN AGREE- 20 of 1962.

MENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE SOUTH ELEUTHERA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY LIMITED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM IN THE SETTLEMENT OF ROCK SOUND AND ITS ENVIRONMENTS AND FOR MATTERS INCIDENTAL THERETO.

[23rd May 1962.1

  1. This Act may be cited as The South Eleuthera Short title.

    Water Supply Act.

  2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise Interpretation.

    requires'agreement' means the agreement set out in the Schedule.

    Schedule to this Act;

    'Company' means the South Eleuthera Power and Light Company, Limited;

    'district' means the area to which the agreement refers and therein named the settlement of Rock Sound and its environs;

    'Minister' means the Minister charged with the responsibility for the administration of this Act;

    'premises' means any dwelling-house, hotel, shop, office, or other place of business, together with its appurtenances;

    'street' includes any square, court, alley, highway, lane, road, thoroughfare, public passage or place;

    'water supply system' includes any reservoir, dam, tank, well, tunnel, conduit, pipe, fountain, sluice, valve, pump or engine, and any building, structure, or appliance used or constructed for the supply, storage, conveyance,

    measurement or regulation of water, which is used or constructed for the supply of water to the district.

    Agreement for and maintenance of water system.

    Governor in Council authorised to enter into agreement.

    Schedule.

    Maintenance of existing system.

    Power to excavate and lay pipes.

    Power to open up streets, etc.

  3. The Governor in Council is hereby authorised at any time within twelve months after the coming into operation of this Act to enter into an agreement with the Company substantially in the form set out in the Schedule hereto.

  4. Subject to and in accordance with the terms of the agreement the Company shall maintain the existing water-supply system within the district and may from time to time (with the concurrence of the Minister) extend the same into, through, across, under or over any street or public land or (subject as aforesaid and to the provisions hereinafter in this Act contained) any land whatsoever situate within that district.

    General powers of Company.

  5. The Company may with the consent of the owner, or failing that by an order of the Minister, enter into any land or premises within the district or the vicinity thereof at any reasonable hour and examine the same, and make any survey or plan thereof or any excavation which may be necessary for the purposes of determining the most suitable position for connecting any water pipe with the main and may lay any water pipe from the water main to the property line of the premises.

  6. For the execution of any work to be undertaken or done, or for the inspection or maintenance thereof, the Company may, with the concurrence of the Minister(a) open up any street in the district;

    (b) divert traffic from one street to another;

    (c) deposit upon any part of any street any material, implement or thing used in connection therewith;

    (d) construct, erect and maintain any barrier, boarding, fence, culvert, or other work necessary for the purpose, on any street:

    Provided that on completion of the work the Company shall replace road material and restore any such street to its previous condition within thirty days of the completion of the work.

  7. For the execution of any work to be undertaken or done or for the inspection or maintenance thereof, the Company may enter into any land or premises within the district or the vicinity thereof at any reasonable hour, and make any excavations which may be necessary for carrying into effect the provisions and terms of the agreement:

    Provided that any such excavation shall immediately thereafter be replaced and made good and any damage accruing therefrom be repaired or compensation paid in lieu thereof.

  8. The Company may enter into any land or premises within the district or the vicinity thereof at any reasonable hour and remain therein for so long as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect any of the provisions and terms of the agreement, provided that notice in writing specifying the work to be done, shall have been given to the owner or occupier thereof, and that upon the completion of any work undertaken by the Company the land or premises shall be cleared of any trees or brushwood which shall have been cut down by the Company, and the condition thereof restored by and at the expense of the Company.

  9. -(1) The owner or occupier of any land or premises into which the Company proposes to enter shall have the right, within one week from the date of receipt of the notice given under the provisions of section 8...

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