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Enemalta Act (Cap. 272) Enemalta Act (Amendment) Order, 2010 (L.N. 41 Of 2010 )

ENEMALTA ACT (CAP. 272)Enemalta Act (Amendment) Order, 2010

BY virtue of the powers conferred by article 15 of the Enemalta Act, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications has made the following order:–

Citation and commencement.

Amends the Schedule to the Enemalta Act.

(2) This order shall be deemed to have come into effect on the 1st January, 2010.

Act there shall be added the following new item 8:
“8. (a) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act and of this Schedule, Enemalta may, with the written authority of the Minister, engage or contract any third party other than the Water Services Corporation, to perform a meter-reading, account keeping and bill collection service and any other function ancillary to such services, whether jointly with and, or separately from either or both the Water Services Corporation and Enemalta.
(b) Where an engagement or contract is made by Enemalta in pursuance of paragraph (a) above, the powers and functions vested in the Water Services Corporation by virtue of this Act and the Schedule thereto, shall mutatis mutandis vest and apply to any third party engaged or contracted by virtue of the said paragraph.
(c) Notice of any engagement or contract made in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph (a) above shall be published by notice in the Gazette.”.