Ground Water Act 1969

In force: 1st September 1970

Abstract

Under this Act, all ground water shall vest in the State (section 3). Section 4 deals with the licence to abstract ground water and prohibition of pollution.

Any person who wishes to make an application for a licence shall under section 5 make to on the prescribed form to the Authority and cause a notice to be published in the Gazette. There is provision for the rights and objection for the grant of such a licence (section 6) ad section 7 deals with the decision of the Authority to grant such a licence and also the right to appeal against such a decision (section 8).

The Act empowers any authorized officer the power of entry and inspects any ground water works amongst others (section 12),

Any person who according to section 15 of the Act fails to comply with the condition attached to a ground water licence shall commit an offence. The court may also upon inflicting any penalty the forfeiture or the dismantling of any works in the commission of the offence.

Keywords: ground water, licence, application and appeal

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