Malaysia legislation

Section 179

of WATER SERVICES INDUSTRY ACT 2006

Section 179

The Minister may make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:

(a)

to prescribe all matters relating to the issuance of individual licences and the registration of class licences granted under this Act, including the eligibility of persons applying for licences, licence fees for different types of licences and licensed activities, the duration of the licences, the forms of licences, the standard conditions of the licences, renewal fees and other processing charges;

(b)

to prescribe all matters relating to the hand over of the duties and functions of an existing service licensee to a new service licensee;

(c)

to prescribe any matter relating to the Sewerage Capital

Contribution Fund including the rates of contribution;

(d)

to prescribe any matter relating to the Water Industry

Fund including the rates of contribution;

(e)

to prescribe the charges or rates for capital contribution which a licensee may charge for the purposes of connecting a premises or a development to the licensee’s water supply system;

(f)

to prescribe the form of notifications, notices and orders to be made under this Act;

(g)

to prescribe the offences which may be compounded and the forms to be used and the method and procedure for compounding the offences;

(h)

to prescribe fees and charges which may be prescribed under this Act;

(i)

to prescribe any matter for which this Act makes express provision to be made by regulations;

(j)

to prescribe all other matters as are necessary or expedient to be prescribed for giving effect to this Act or for the purposes of removing any difficulties occasioned by the coming into operation of this Act or any of its provisions.

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Power of Commission to make rules