KANYE (WATER FEES) BYE-LAWS

(under sections 33 and 34)

(15th September, 1972)

ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS

    BYE-LAW

    1.    Citation

    2.    Application

    3.    Interpretation

    4.    Annual water fees

    5.    Liability for water fees

    6.    Exemption from liability for water fees

    7.    Collection of water fees and issue of receipts

    8.    Drawing of water from public taps for use in business

    9.    Drawing of water from public taps into drums or containers restricted

    10.    Application for installation of private taps

    11.    Drawing of water at private taps restricted

    12.    Livestock not to be watered at public taps

    13.    Attachment of hosepipes or other conduits to public taps prohibited

    14.    Interference with pipelines, etc. prohibited

    15.    Production of water fees receipts

    16.    Penalty

        First Schedule

        Second Schedule - Water (Business Use) Permit

        Third Schedule - Fees for Water (Business Use) Permits

        Fourth Schedule

        Fifth Schedule

        Sixth Schedule - Price of Water Tickets

S.I. 69, 1972,
S.I. 113, 1975.

1.    Citation

    These Bye-laws may be cited as the Kanye (Water Fees) Bye-laws*.

*Originally made under the Township Act now repealed, these regulations have been continued under s 94(2) of the Local Government Act, 2013.

2.    Application

    These Bye-laws shall apply to the villages of Kanye, Moshupa, Mabutsane, Mmathethe, Moshaneng and Good Hope.

3.    Interpretation

    In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires—

    "business" means an undertaking carried on for profit or reward from fixed premises within the villages where these Bye-laws apply, and where such an undertaking is carried on for more than one set of premises the undertaking as carried on in each such set shall be deemed to be a separate business;

    "collector" means a collector or assistant collector appointed by the Council to collect any tax on behalf of the Council;

    "consumer" means a person entitled by virtue of payments made in accordance with bye-law 4, to draw water from public taps provided by the Council;

    "Council" means the Southern District Council;

    "head", in relation to a lolwapa, means the senior male person over the age of 21 years residing in such lolwapa or, if no such person resides therein, the senior female person over the age of 21 years residing therein;

    "livestock" means cattle, goats, sheep, horses, donkeys and mules;

    "lolwapa" means a customary residential precinct.

    "private tap" means a water drawing point located within the confines of a lolwapa or any private property;

    "public tap" means a water drawing point located in a public place and available for public use;

    "village of Kanye" means the area described in the First Schedule;

    "village of Moshupa" means the area defined in the Fifth Schedule;

    "villages of Mabutsane, Mmathethe, Moshaneng and Good Hope" means the area within one kilometre of any public stand-pipe in these villages;

    "Water Authority" means the authority appointed for the villages of Kanye and Moshupa under section 4 of the Waterworks Act (Cap. 34:03).