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| (1) Where, as respects the water supply and sewerage undertaking carried on by a local authority, the Minister is satisfied, after consultation with the Minister in charge of the subject of Local Government and after such inquiry as he may deem necessary, at which such local authority and the Board shall be given an opportunity of being heard,-
| | (a) that such authority has been guilty of neglect, default, incompetence or mismanagement, in carrying on such undertaking; or | | |
| | (b) that such authority has defaulted in the payment of the charges for the supply of water services to the Board, | | |
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| (2) Where, as respects the water supply and sewerage undertaking carried on by a local authority, the Minister deems it necessary in the national interest that such undertaking should be vested in the Board the Minister may, with the concurrence of the Minister in charge of the subject of Local Government, issue a written direction to the Board to prepare a compulsory transfer scheme for the transfer to the Board of such undertaking. |
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