Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

[Index] [Table] [Database Search] [Name Search] [Previous] [Next] [Help]

National Water Supply and Drainage Board Law (No. 2 of 1974) - Sect 57

Transfer to the Board of any Government water supply and sewerage undertakings

57.
(1) As soon as may be convenient after the coming into operation of this Law, the Minister shall by Order, transfer the undertakings of the Department of Water Supply and Drainage to the Board and may by the same or by a subsequent Order provide-
(a) for the transfer to, and the vesting in, the Board of any movable or immovable property of the Republic required for the purposes of the Board;
(b) for the transfer to the Board of all or any rights, obligations and liabilities relating to or connected with such undertakings and for the adaptation or modification of contracts or other instruments for the purpose of giving effect to the transfer of such rights, obligations and liabilities to the Board;
(c) for the adaptation or modification of any written law to such extent as may be necessary for the purpose of enabling the Board to carry on such undertakings in lieu of the Government;
(d) for such financial adjustments between the Government and the Board as may be necessary in consequence of any such transfer; and
(e) for any other matter supplementary to or consequential on the matters aforesaid including the continuation of legal proceedings.
(2) The provisions of any Order made by the Minister under subsection (1) may be amended or varied by him from time to time by a subsequent Order.
(3) No Order shall be made by the Minister under subsection (1) or subsection (2)-
(a) affecting any immovable property of the Republic without the concurrence of the Minister in charge of the subject of State Lands; or
(b) affecting any matter referred to in paragraph (d) of subsection (1), without the prior concurrence of the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance.
(4) Every Order made by the Minister under this section shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of such publication, or on such later date as may be specified therein.
(5) Every such Order shall, on its coming into operation as herein before provided, be as valid and effectual as if it were herein enacted.

[Index] [Table] [Database Search] [Name Search] [Previous] [Next] [Help]