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| (1) Subject to the provisions of this Law, the rates and charges to be levied by the Board for the supply of water and sewerage services in any area of authority of the Board shall be in accordance with such rates and charges as may be fixed, from time to time by the Board, with the approval of the Minister who shall consult, before giving his approval, the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance, and any other Minister he considers necessary. |
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| (2) The Board shall enter into an agreement with any local authority in respect of the rates payable by hereditaments (whether supplied with water or not) which are within six hundred feet of the water distribution system. Such rate shall be known as the water rate and shall be payable to the Board by the local authority. |
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| (3) The Board shall enter into an agreement with any local authority in respect of the rate payable by hereditaments which are connected to the sewerage system or which are within three hundred feet of such system. Such rate shall be known as the sewerage rate and shall be payable to the Board by the local authority. |
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| (4) In the event of disagreement between the Board and any local authority as to the amount of any rate payable under subsection (2) or subsection (3), the matter shall be determined by the Minister. |
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| (5) Nothing in the preceding provisions of this section shall preclude the Board from charging special prices by agreement with any person or body. |
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| (6) The Board shall be entitled to require that the supply of water to any premises shall be by meter, and the provisions of subsection (1) shall include charges for supply of water by meter. |
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| (7) The rates and charges fixed by the Board under subsection (1) shall be so fixed as not to restrict the preparation of bills on a monthly, quarterly or half-yearly basis, and-
| | (a) shall be published in the Gazette and in such other manner as may appear to the Board best calculated to give publicity to such rates and charges; | | |
| | (b) shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Gazette, or on such later date as may be specified therein; and | | |
| | (c) may include rent and other charges in respect of fittings provided by the Board. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts