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National Capital District Water Supply and Sewerage Act 1996

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

National Capital District Water Supply and Sewerage Act 1996

No. 19 of 1996
Certified on: 18.09.96

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

PART 1. - PRELIMINARY.

1. Compliance with Constitutional Requirements.
2. Interpretation -

"Company"
"consumer"
"occupier"
"owner"
"rates"
"sewage"
"sewerage rates"
"sewerage system"
"this Act"
"water rates"
"water works".

3. Functions of the Company.
4. Powers of the Company.

PART II. - SUPPLY OF WATER

5. General provisions relating to the supply of water.
6. Fire protection.
7. Meters.
8. Laying of Communication Pipes.
9. Notice to connect with water supply.
10. Execution of water works by the Company.
11. Fittings to be in good repair.
12. Interference with pipes.
13. Use, etc., of water without authority.
14. Wrongful use of water.
15. Non-payment of rates. etc.,

PART III. - SEWERAGE FACILITIES.

16. Sewerage systems.
17. Notice to connect with sewerage systems.
18. Execution of sewerage works by the Company.
19. Certain closets not to be used.
20. Application for permission to connect with sewerage system.
21. Conditions to be complied with before approval

PART IV. - ASSESSMENT AND RECOVERY OF WATER AND SEWERAGE RATES.

22. Levying of rates.
23. Rateable land.
24. Payment of rates.
25. Liability for water and sewerage rates.
26. Penalty for non-payment of rates.
27. Recovery of rates.
28. Duty and liability of owner on disposal of land.
29. Liability of joint owners.

PART V. - FINANCES, ETC.,

30. Public Finances (Management) Act 1995.
31. Tariffs, rates, fees and charges,

PART VI. -MISCELLANEOUS.

32. Inspection of premises.
33. Summary procedure.
34. Meter register as evidence.
35. Person liable for penalties.
36. Evidence as to ownership, etc.,
37. Existence of communication pipe as evidence.
38. Regulations.
39. Transitional provision.
SCHEDULE 1.
SCHEDULE 2.
SCHEDULE 3.
SCHEDULE 4.

AN ACT

entitled

National Capital District Water Supply and Sewerage Act 1996,

Being an Act to make provision for the planning, design, construction and management of water and sewerage facilities in and for the National Capital District and to levy charges in respect of same and for related purposes.

MADE by the National Parliament to come into operation in accordance with a notice in the National Gazette by the Head of State, acting with, and in accordance with, the advice of the Minister.

PART 1. - PRELIMINARY.

1. COMPLIANCE WITH CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

(1) This Act, to the extent that it regulates or restricts a right or freedom referred to in Subdivision III.3.C (qualified rights) of the Constitution, namely -

(a) the right to freedom from arbitrary search and entry conferred by Section 44 of the Constitution; and
(b) the right to privacy conferred by Section 49 of the Constitution, is a law that is made for the purpose of giving effect to the public interest in public order and public welfare.

(2) For the purposes of -

(a) Section 29 of the Organic Law on Provincial Government; and
(b) Section 41 of the Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments,

it is hereby declared that this Act relates to a matter of national interest.

(3) For the purposes of Section 53 (Protection from unjust deprivation of property) of the Constitution and for the purposes of the Land Act (Chapter 185) the supply of treated water and the disposal of sewage in and for the National Capital District are declared to be public purposes.

2. INTERPRETATION.

In this Act, unless the contrary mention appears –

"Company" means NCD Water and Sewerage Pty Limited, a company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act (Chapter 146);
"consumer" in relation to the supply of water, means any person to whom water is supplied under this Act;
"occupier" means a person in actual occupation of any land or, if there is no person m actual occupation, the person entitled to possession of the land;
"owner" includes -

• (a) in relation to land the subject of a State lease under or continued in force by the Land Act (Chapter 185) the lessee under the lease; and
• (b) where a person is in occupation of Government improved land under an agreement with the Government the person;

"rates" means -

• (a) in relation to the supply of water - water rates; and
• (b) in relation to provision of sewerage facilities - sewerage rates;

"sewage" means any water contaminated by domestic wastes or trade effluent;
"sewerage rates" means the sewerage rate levied pursuant to this Act;
"sewerage system" includes sewers, fittings, fixtures, appliances, plant, machinery and sewerage works constructed and maintained by, or under the authority of the Company or vested in the Company under this or any other Act, for the purposes of treatment and conveyance of sewerage;
"this Act" includes the regulations;
"water rates" means the water rates levied pursuant to this Act;
"water works" means a reservoir well, bore, tank, aqueduct, tunnel, building, pipe or other works constructed and maintained by, or under the authority of, the Company or vested in the Company under this or any other Act, for the purpose of supplying water.

3. FUNCTIONS OF THE COMPANY.

The functions of the Company are -

(a) to comply with the Water Resources Act (Chapter 205): and
(b) to provide, construct and maintain such catchment areas, reservoirs and other works as may be required or are necessary for collection, production, supply and use of water for private and public purposes in and for the National Capital District in accordance with this Act; and
(c) to provide, design, construct and maintain sewerage facilities in and for the National Capital District in accordance with this Act; and
(d) to secure and provide an adequate supply of water in accordance with this Act; and
(e) to manage and work water and sewerage installations owned by the Company and such other installations as may be erected or constructed by the Company; and
(f) to have the sole responsible for approving the design, construction, maintenance and operation by other persons or bodies of water workers and sewerage systems in and for the National Capital District; and
(g) to abide by such water quality and sewerage discharge standards as are from time to time in force; and
(h) generally to do such supplementary, incidental or consequential acts and things as are necessary or convenient for carrying out its functions.

4. POWERS OF THE COMPANY.

(1) The Company has powers to do all things necessary or convenient to be done for or in connection with the performance of its functions and, in particular, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, has power -

(a) to appoint agents in respect of the matters relating to the performance of its functions; and
(b) to enter into, for the purposes of this Act, contracts and agreements for -

• (i) the purchase of land or easements in or over land; and
• (ii) the acquisition of any materials; and
• (iii) the construction of any work; and

(c) to enter on any land for the purpose of -

• (i) constructing, maintaining, repairing or improving any water works or sewerage systems; and
• (ii) obtaining water, or enlarging the water works and sewerage systems: and
• (iii) improving water quality or sewerage facilities; and

(d) to sink wells or shafts and to make, maintain, alter or disconnect water works and sewerage systems; and
(e) to maintain on any land, streams and water courses for the purposes of supplying water in accordance with this Act; and
(f) to impound and take water from any stream or spring and for that purpose to alter or to divert the course of any stream or spring; and
(g) to take water found in, under or on any land; and
(h) to break up -

• (i) the soil and pavement of any land, road, thoroughfare or street; or
• (ii) any sewer drain and tunnel within or under any land, road, thoroughfare or street,

for the purposes of laying and placing pipes, sewers, conduits or other works necessary for the supply of water or sewerage facilities or conduits, sewers or other works the property of the Company.

(2) Where, under Subsection (1), the Company has entered and held land permanently, that land shall as far as practicable, be acquired in the manner provided for by the Land Act (Chapter 185).

(3) The Company shall, in the exercise of its powers under this section, inflict as little damage as possible and where any damage is inflicted by the Company, the Company shall pay compensation to the party sustaining the damage.

(4) The Company shall, as soon as practicable, reinstate any road, thoroughfare, street, pavement, drain or tunnel broken up under Subsection (1)(h).

PART II. - SUPPLY OF WATER

5. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUPPLY OF WATER

(1) The Company shall maintain and operate water works in and for the National Capital District.

(2) The Company shall unless prevented by drought or other unavoidable cause or accident, distribute, to all persons entitled under this Act, a constant supply of water in accordance with this Act.

(3) Subject to this Act, the Company may, on such terms and conditions as it determines, supply water to any person who enters into a contract with the. Company for that purpose.

(4) Notwithstanding a contract under Subsection (3), the Company may, in case of fire, excessive drought, repairs to mains, the construction of new works, alteration to existing works, or the installation, changing or removal of meters, stop or divert in part or wholly the water to any pipe or other works under its control or management.

(5) The Company may, without incurring any liability for doing so other than the liability to make proportionate abatement (if any) in the sum agreed to be paid for the supply of water, discontinue, for such time as it considers fit, the supply of water, or reduce the quantity of water supplied, if, at any time, it is of the opinion that the supply of water available to it is insufficient for purposes of normal supply to the public or if any charges due and payable to the Company for any service under this Act or any other Act remain unpaid or if for any other reason the Company requires the service to be disconnected.

(6) The Company may, prior to supplying water to a consumer, require the consumer to pay to the Company a non-refundable connection fee as more particularly set out in Schedule 2.

6. FIRE PROTECTION.

(1) The Company shall, at the request of the Minister responsible for fire service matters, fix fire plugs in the mains and other pipes belonging to it or erect and connect to those mains and other pipes pillar hydrants at such places as are most convenient or proper for the supply of water for extinguishing any fire that may break out in any area in the National Capital District or adjacent to the National Capital District.

(2) The Company shall keep or cause to be kept in good repair the fire plugs and hydrants referred to in Subsection (1).

(3) The Company shall:-

(a) at all times, unless prevented by drought, unavoidable cause or unnecessary repairs, keep charged with water all pipes, the property of the Company, to which fire plugs and hydrants are fixed: and
(b) permit, without charge, the use of the water for the purposes of putting out, or stopping the spread of, a fire.

7. METERS.

(1) A contract under Section 5(3) may stipulate that the water to be supplied under the contract shall be supplied through a meter to be fixed by the Company.

(2) A meter referred to in Subsection (1) remains the property of the Company and the Company may charge the consumer a fee for the hire of the meter.

(3) A person who, unless authorised by the Company, fixes, refixes, repairs, removes, alters, breaks or otherwise interferes with or tampers with, a meter supplied under this section, is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: A fine not less than K500.00 and not exceeding K1.000.00.

8. LAYING OF COMMUNICATION PIPES.

(1) Subject to Subsection (2), the Company may, at the request of the owner or occupier of land, connect, by pipe, that land to the main-pipe and the property of the Company.

(2) The Company shall not comply with a request under Subsection (1) unless the person making the request has undertaken -

(a) to bear the cost of -

• (i) the materials and the labour necessary in making the connection; and
• (ii) restoring the ground to the satisfaction of the Company; and

(b) to comply with such other condition as the Company may impose.

9. NOTICE TO CONNECT WITH WATER SUPPLY.

(1) The Company may, in relation to any land situated within the National Capital District, require, by written notice, the owner or occupier of that land to connect, by pipe, that land to a main pipe, the property of the Company.

(2) A person on whom a notice is served under Subsection (1) shall be responsible for -

(a) the cost of -

• (i) the materials and the labour necessary in making the connection; and
• (ii) restoring the ground to the satisfaction of the Company; and

(b) compliance with such other conditions as the Company may impose.

(3) A person who without reasonable excuse (proof of which is on him) refuses or fails to comply with a requirement under Subsection (1), is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: A fine not less than K1,000.00 and not exceeding K1,000.00.

10. EXECUTION OF WATER WORKS BY THE COMPANY.

(1) Where a person on whom a notice is served under Section 9(1) refuses or fails to comply with a requirement of the notice within the time specified in the notice, the Company may -

(a) cause the necessary works to be executed at the cost of that person; and
(b) for the purposes of executing those works - cause such servants, agents and workmen as it deems necessary, to enter and remain on the land on which those works are to be executed.

(2) The cost and expenses incurred by the Company in the execution of the works under this section are recoverable by the Company from the owner or occupier of land as a debt.

11. FITTINGS TO BE IN GOOD REPAIR

(1) A person who is supplied with water by the Company shall keep the communication pipe and other works and fittings that are within his own premises in good repair so as to prevent wastage of water.

(2) Where the Company is of the opinion that a person has failed or neglected to comply with Subsection (1), the Company may, in addition to any other remedy it may possess, stop the supply of water to those premises until the person complies with that subsection.

12. INTERFERENCE WITH PIPES.

The owner or occupier of any land or premises supplied with water by the Company or any consumer of water so supplied who, unless authorised by the Company -

(a) uses, takes or diverts; or
(b) does any act that diminishes,

the water the property of the Company unless the use, taking, diversion or the doing of the act as the case may be, is authorised by or under this Act, is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: A fine not less than K500.00 and not exceeding K1.000.00.

13. USE, ETC., OF WATER WITHOUT AUTHORITY.

A person, who -

(a) uses, takes or diverts; or
(b) does any act that diminishes,

the water the property of the Company, unless the use, taking, diversion or the doing of the act, as the case may be, is authorised by or under this Act, is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: A fine not less than K500.00 and not exceeding K1,000.00.

14. WRONGFUL USE OF WATER.

A consumer, who uses water supplied by the Company for a purpose other than the purpose for which the supply is made, is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: A fine not less than K500.00 and not exceeding K1,000.00.

15. NON-PAYMENT OF RATES, ETC.

(1) The Company may stop or suspend the supply of water to any person by whom money is due to the Company in respect of rates or water supplied under this Act where the money remains unpaid for a period of 14 days after it became due and payable.

(2) Where the Company stops or suspends the supply of water to a consumer it may impose a charge on the consumer before the supply of water to that consumer is reinstated.

(3) The charge referred to in Subsection (2) is known as a reconnection charge and is set out in Schedule 2.

PART III. - SEWERAGE FACILITIES.

16. SEWERAGE SYSTEMS.

(1) The Company shall maintain and operate a public sewerage system, where applicable, in and for the National Capital District.

(2) The Company may on such conditions and in accordance with such standards as it considers appropriate, authorise a person or body to construct and operate a sewerage system in and for the National Capital District.

(3) A person who constructs, maintains or operates a sewerage system -

(a) without the authority of the Company under Subsection (1); or
(b) otherwise than in accordance with the conditions and standards imposed under Subsection (2).

is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: A fine not less than K500.00 and not exceeding K1,000.00.

(4) Upon conviction pursuant to Subsection (3), a person so convicted shall, if, required by the Company, cease to operate the sewerage system and remove all parts of it, and if he fails or refuses to do so the Company may enter upon any lands and remove the sewerage system at the expense of the person convicted.

(5) The Company may by written notice require the owner of a sewerage system operated under an authority of the Company under Subsection (1) to make such alterations to the system as the Company considers necessary in the interest of public health and convenience.

(6) A person, who refuses to comply with a requirement under Subsection (5), is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: A fine not less than K500.00 and not exceeding K 1,000.00.

17. NOTICE TO CONNECT WITH SEWERAGE SYSTEMS.

(1) The Company may, in relation to any land situated in the National Capital District, require, by written notice, the owner or occupier of that land to provide, within such time as is specified in the notice, water closets, drains, fixtures and fittings, appliances and apparatus and connections with such sewers as the Company may in the notice order.

(2) A person who, without reasonable excuse (proof of which is on him), refuses or fails to comply with a requirement under Subsection (1), is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: A fine not less than K500.00 and not exceeding K1,000.00.

18. EXECUTION OF SEWERAGE WORKS BY THE COMPANY.

(1) Where a person, on whom a notice is served under Section 17(1), refuses or fails to comply with a requirement of the notice within the time specified in the notice, the Company may -

(a) cause the necessary works to be executed at the cost of that person; and
(b) for the purposes of executing those works - cause such servants, agents and workmen as it deems necessary, to enter and remain on the land on which those works are to be executed.

(2) The cost and expenses incurred by the Company in and about the execution of the works under this section are recoverable by the Company from the owner or occupier of the land as a debt.

19. CERTAIN CLOSETS NOT TO BE USED.

(1) A notice under Section 17(1) shall specify the date on and from which a privy-closet other than a water-closet approved by the Company, may not be used on the land to which the notice relates.

(2) Where a privy-closet is used on any land contrary to Subsection (1), the owner or occupier on whom the notice was served is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: A fine not less than K500.00 and not exceeding K1,000.00.

20. APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO CONNECT WITH SEWERAGE SYSTEM.

(1) An application to connect with a sewerage system or to do plumbing work relating to the connection, including alterations and extensions, shall be made to the Company by the owner of the land from which the sewerage is to be carried by himself or by his authorised agent.

(2) An application under Subsection (1) shall be in the form acceptable to the Company.

(3) The application referred to in Subsection (2) shall be accompanied with the payment for the appropriate Head Works charges as prescribed in Schedule 4.

21. CONDITIONS TO BE COMPLIED WITH BEFORE APPROVAL.

The Company shall not approve an application to connect with a sewerage system unless -

(a) the plan has been submitted to, and approved by, the Company; and
(b) in the case of a new building -

• (i) the Company has fixed the position of the branch at which the connection is to be made; and
• (ii) a proper plan of the plumbing and draining of the building to be connected has been submitted to, and approved by, the Company; and

(c) the Company is satisfied that provision has been made for the plumbing to be executed in accordance with such specifications and conditions as are prescribed.

PART IV. - ASSESSMENT AND RECOVERY OF WATER AND SEWERAGE RATES.

22. LEVYING OF RATES.

(1) The Company shall fix water rates and sewerage rates annually, subject to the approval of the Minister, and such water rates and sewerage rates shall be as prescribed in Schedule 2.

(2) The water rates and sewerage rates levied by the National Capital District Commission prior to this coming into force shall be the water rates and sewerage rates charged pursuant to this Act until such time as the Minister approves water rates and sewerage rates pursuant to Subsection (1).

(3) The Company may levy water rates or sewerage rates in respect of any rateable land that is -

(a) in the case of water rates - at any point between 25m of a main pipe from which the Company is prepared to supply water to that land; and
(b) in the case of sewerage rates - at any point within 25m of a sewer of property of the Company.

(4) Subsection (3) applies in relation to both vacant and occupied rateable land.

23. RATEABLE LAND.

All land including Government land in the National Capital District is, in respect of water rates and sewerage rates, rateable with the exception of land for which exemption has been granted by the Company.

24. PAYMENT OF RATES.

(1) A rate set under Section 22 becomes due and payable after 14 days from the date of approval by the Minister and shall be paid to the Company in such manner and amounts as prescribed by the Company from time to time.

(2) A water or a sewerage rate due under Section 22 and as prescribed in Schedule 2 is recoverable by the Company as a debt.

(3) The amount of the rates under Section 22 and as prescribed in Schedule 2 may be paid in lump sum or by such instalments and on such terms and conditions as the Company determines.

25. LIABILITY FOR WATER AND SEWERAGE RATES.

(1) The owner of rateable land is liable for the water and sewerage rates payable in respect of the land unless payment is otherwise provided by arrangement with the Company.

(2) Notwithstanding any other law, water rates and sewerage rates constitute a first charge on the land in relation to which they were levied.

(3) Where land is rateable for a portion only of a year, the amount of the water rates and sewerage rates payable in respect of the portion of that year is such amount as bears the same proportion to the amount of the rates payable for the whole year as the proportion of the year during which the land is rateable bears to a period of 12 months.

26. PENALTY FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RATES.

Where water rates and sewerage rates have become due and payable and remain unpaid, there shall be added to those rates a penalty computed at the rate of 5% per annum of the amount from the time it became due and payable until payment is received.

27. RECOVERY OF RATES.

(1) Where water rates and sewerage rates and the penalty due on those rates remain unpaid six months after the rates became due and payable, the Company shall notify the owner of the amounts of the outstanding rates and the particulars of the land to which those rates relate and, where the rates including the penalty are not paid, or a satisfactory arrangement regarding payment is not entered into with the Company within 30 days of the notification, the Company may -

(a) institute legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction against the person liable to pay the rates to recover the outstanding amounts; or
(b) if the land is vacant - take possession of the land, hold it and -

• (i) lease it for a term or terms not exceeding five years at any one time until the sums due to the Company have been recovered as provided in this section; or
• (ii) if the owner cannot be found or contacted within the prescribed period, sell the land in accordance with an order of the National Court.

(2) Where the Company has proceeded in accordance with Subsection (1)(b), the Company shall apply the rents and other moneys received in respect of the land or the proceeds of the sale, as the case may be, in defraying -

(a) the expenses incurred -

• (i) in letting the land and collecting the rents and other moneys; or
• (ii) in selling the land; and

(b) the rates and other sums due to the Company in respect of the land,

and hold the credit balance (if any) in trust for the person who, but for Subsection (1)(b), would have been entitled to the rents or, prior to the sale, was the owner of the land.

28. DUTY AND LIABILITY OF OWNER ON DISPOSAL OF LAND.

Where rateable land is sold or otherwise disposed of, the owner shall notify the Company of the fact and until that notification is given, he continues to be liable for the rates and the penalty on those rates as if he were still the owner.

29. LIABILITY OF JOINT OWNERS.

Joint owners are jointly and severally liable for the whole amount of the rates and the penalty due in respect of the land but, as between themselves, each is liable for his share.

PART V. - FINANCES, ETC.

30. PUBLIC FINANCES (MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995.

The provisions of Part VIII of the Public Finances (Management) Act 1995 apply to and in relation to the Company.

31. TARIFFS, RATES, FEES AND CHARGES.

(1) Subject to any determination under Section 21 of the Prices Regulations Act (Chapter 320), the Company may fix and set a tariff, rates, fees and charges to be made for water and services supplied by the Company.

(2) Such tariff, rates, fees and charges are more particularly set out in Schedule 2 and may be varied from time to time by notice in the National Gazette and otherwise as the Company shall determine.

PART VI. - MISCELLANEOUS.

32. INSPECTION OF PREMISES.

A person authorised by the Company in writing may at all reasonable times enter on any premises or lands to through, or into, which pipes or sewers have been laid or are to be laid, for the purpose of inspecting that land or those premises, pipes, sewers and any fittings, drains, fixtures, appliances or other works connected with those pipes or sewers and if, in his opinion, it is expedient to do so, may cause the ground to be opened up in any place necessary, doing as little damage as may be.

33. SUMMARY PROCEDURE.

All proceedings for offences against this Act shall unless otherwise indicated, be taken summarily.

34. METER REGISTER AS EVIDENCE.

(1) The register of a meter provided by the Company or a copy of that register certified to be true by an agent of the Company is prima facie evidence of water consumed.

(2) A consumer may, on the payment of the fee prescribed in Schedule 1, by writing addressed to the Company, query the accuracy of a meter.

(3) If, on testing, the meter is found to register more than 2% in excess of the water passing through it, the fee paid under Subsection (2) shall be refunded to the consumer and the meter repaired or replaced at the expense of the Company.

35. PERSON LIABLE FOR PENALTIES.

A penalty imposed by or under this Act may be proceeded for and enforced against the person actually incurring the penalty or his principal or the person on whose behalf he acts.

36. EVIDENCE AS TO OWNERSHIP, ETC.,

In all proceedings for recovery of rates, the allegation by the Company that a person is the owner or occupier of any rateable land is prima facie evidence of that fact.

37. EXISTENCE OF COMMUNICATION PIPE AS EVIDENCE.

The existence of a communication pipe between a main-pipe, the property of the Company, and any land or premises, is conclusive evidence, in any proceedings, that the owner and the occupier of the land or the premises have severally contracted with the Company for the supply of water to the land or premises, as the case may be, in accordance with this Act.

38. REGULATIONS.

The Head of State, acting on advice, may make regulations not inconsistent with this Act prescribing all matters, that by this Act are required or permitted or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

39. TRANSITIONAL PROVISION.

All debts or charges arising out of the National Capital District Water Supply and Sewerage Law 1994 and remaining unpaid on the coming into operation of this Act may be prosecuted and recovered under the relevant provisions of this Act as if they were debts and charges incurred under this Act.

SCHEDULE 1.

Fee to be paid pursuant to Section 34(2). K5.00

SCHEDULE 2.

1. RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS.

2. NON-COMMERCIAL GOVERNMENT AND RELATED CONSUMERS.

3. COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS.

4. WATER RATES FOR PUBLIC PREMISES.

5. WATER RATES FOR UNMETERED DOMESTIC PREMISES.

6. HEAD WORK CHARGES.

7. CONNECTION FEE AND RECONNECTION FEE.

SCHEDULE 3.

Water from Fire Hydrant

SCHEDULE 4.

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the National Capital District Water Supply and Sewerage Act 1996 which has been made by the National Parliament.

Clerk of the National Parliament.

I hereby certify that the National Capital District Water Supply and Sewerage Act 1996 was made by the National Parliament on 1 August 1996, by an absolute majority in accordance with the Constitution.

Acting Speaker of the National Parliament.