Water Supply Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Catchment Areas
3. Survey of catchment areas
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Whenever it appears expedient to His Majesty the Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan in Council that the limits or areas of any catchment area should be demarcated or surveyed, the Authority shall cause the limits or areas thereof to be demarcated or surveyed, and thereafter no unalienated land within such limits or areas shall be alienated, granted, transferred or sold within such limits or areas for any purpose whatsoever.
catchment area
“catchment area” means any surface of land or other area which collects the rainfall for the purpose of the waterworks;
Subject to subsection (1), His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan in Council may designate the activities that may be carried on in a catchment area.
Whenever any alienated land situated within the limits or areas referred to in subsection (1) is required for any purpose connected with the waterworks, including the protection thereof from contamination, such purpose is deemed to be a public purpose within the meaning of the
alienated land
“alienated land” means State land leased or otherwise disposed of by or on behalf of the Government;
Land Code (Chapter 40) and the Land Acquisition Act (Chapter 41).
A map or plan showing clearly the limits or areas of any catchment area surveyed or demarcated by the Authority under subsection (1) shall be made and kept in the office of the Authority and shall at all reasonable times be open to public inspection.
Terms defined in s 2
alienated land
Defined · s 2“alienated land” means State land leased or otherwise disposed of by or on behalf of the Government;
catchment area
Defined · s 2“catchment area” means any surface of land or other area which collects the rainfall for the purpose of the waterworks;
waterworks
Defined · s 2“waterworks” means all catchment areas, reservoirs, dams, weirs, tanks, cisterns, tunnels, filter beds, conduits, aqueducts, mains, pipes, meters, fountains, standpipes, sluices, valves, hydrants, pumps, prime movers and all other works, or apparatus used or constructed for the collection, storage, conveyance, supply, measurement or regulation of water and which have been constructed by or on behalf of the Government and belong to or are under the control or management of the Authority or which are used or constructed by the Authority.
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