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CITY OF TSHWANE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: WATER SUPPLY BY-LAWS

Posted 11 August 2014

The City Manager of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality hereby publishes in terms of Sections 5 and 6 of the Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (Act 6 of 2004), read with Section 7 of the Gauteng Rationalisation of Local Government Affairs Act, 1998 (Act 10 of 1998), Section 13 of the Local Government: Municipal System Act, 2000 (Act 32 of 2000), and Section 162 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act 108 of 1996) the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality: Water Supply By-laws, as contemplated in this notice and which was approved by the said Council on 30 May 2014.

The purpose of these By-laws are to provide for the general definition and conditions for the local supply of water to consumers; to provide for the responsibilities of the municipality in the provision of water supply, and that of consumers in respect of the water supply; the distribution of and trading in water within the municipality; and to provide for matters connected to such.