s.7Powers of Authority in regard to water supply and wastewater
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Section 7Part 2 — Establishment, functions and duties of the Water Authority

Powers of Authority in regard to water supply and wastewater

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The Authority shall have all the powers necessary for the carrying out of its duties under sections 5 and 6, including (subject to any concession in force) the sole right to provide a public water supply and public wastewater system in any part of the Islands and in particular, may —
design, construct, take on lease or purchase by agreement, operate and maintain water and wastewater works and authorise and control the construction, operation and maintenance by any person of such works;
purchase or take on lease any property which it deems necessary or expedient for the purpose of constructing, extending or maintaining any water and wastewater works or otherwise carrying out its functions under this Act;
abstract water from any part of the Islands for the purpose of providing a public water supply in accordance with section 6 and for so abstracting water enter into such agreements, and construct, maintain and operate such works, as may be necessary;
determine or diminish any licence which it deems necessary or expedient for the purpose of providing a public water supply system;
require the installation of meters or gauges for measuring water abstracted under the grant of a licence or supplied by the Authority or waste discharged and to works operated by the Authority and levy charges for the provision, installation, maintenance and operation of the same;
subject to subsection (3), enter any land, including private roads, to —
carry out surveys and investigations including trial drillings and inspection for ground water and wastewater;
execute any works, lay and connect pipes for water and sewers;
demolish any unauthorised water or wastewater works;
effect repairs to the water supply and wastewater systems; and
inspect any works which are the subject of a licence or permit under this Act; and
collect rates and service fees and deposits in respect of the distribution and supply of water and the disposal of wastewater; and
fix charges for any services provided in the course of carrying out the Authority’s functions and to demand and recover those charges from any person to whom, or in relation to whose premises, the Authority provides service;
Repealed by section 5(a)(iv) of the Water Authority (Amendment) Law, 2017.
The Authority shall exercise its powers under paragraph (d) of subsection (1) in the manner provided by section 32.
In the exercise of its powers under paragraph (f) of subsection (1), the Authority shall give reasonable notice to the person entitled to the possession of the land, and shall pay reasonable compensation for any loss or damage sustained by the person by reason of the carrying out of any work authorised by this section.
The Authority may exercise its powers to fix charges by reference to such matters, and may adopt such methods and principles for the calculation and imposition of the charges as appear to the Authority to be appropriate but rates and charges for the provision of water supply and wastewater services shall not be fixed or imposed without the prior written approval of the Office.
Repealed by section 5(c) of the Water Authority (Amendment) Law, 2017.
Repealed by section 5(c) of the Water Authority (Amendment) Law, 2017.
The Authority shall establish minimum environmental standards for the protection of the environment generally, including standards for the limitation of discharge into the atmosphere, water or land and provisions for compliance with these standards shall be included as licence obligations in licences or administrative determinations issued by the Office under the Water Sector Regulation Act, 2017 or any other Cayman Islands’s Act in force in relation to water or wastewater.
For the purposes of carrying out its functions under this Act, the Authority shall have power to —
call for, from any person, and examine documents, including, but not limited to, financial records;
require that any document submitted to the Authority be verified by affidavit; and
do anything that is related or incidental to what is specified in paragraphs (a) and (b).
Repealed by S.5(c) of the Water Authority (Amendment) Law, 2017.
Repealed by S.5(c) of the Water Authority (Amendment) Law, 2017.

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