The Council of the Hessequa Municipality has amended the By-law relating to irrigation water, promulgated on 19 December 2008, by inserting a new section 7(4) and 7(5) as follows:
- 7(4) "Where a water erf is subdivided and the water rights attached to the subdivided erf is transported to the purchaser the seller of the subdivided part of the erf must inform the municipality in writing and provide proof of such subdivision in order to invoke the provisions of subsection (2)".
- 7(5) "Where a seller contemplated in subsection (4) fails to notify the municipality, the service charge contemplated in subsection (1) will be levied from the seller until the notification contemplated in subsection (4) had been submitted".
