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Water Utilities Corporation - Functions, Powers And Duties Of The Corporation (Ss 14-18)

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14.     Functions of the Corporation

 

            (1) It shall be the function of the Corporation-

     (a)     to supply water in bulk or otherwise and in such areas as the Minister may, after consultation with the Corporation, designate by order published in the Gazette;

     (b)     to do all such things as may be necessary or advantageous in order to secure adequate supplies of water for the performance of its functions; and

     (c)     to apply for and obtain all such rights, licences, permits and other authorizations as may be required under the provisions of any written law or as may be desirable.

            (2) The Corporation may delegate all or any of the functions specified in subsection (1):

            Provided that no such delegation shall be made to any person other than the Government without the consent of the Minister.

 

15.     Powers of the Corporation

 

            (1) The Corporation may, for the purpose of fulfilling its functions-

     (a)     acquire and use any kind of property, undertaking, right or privilege and dispose of the same to the Government or any person:

                      Provided that the Corporation shall not dispose of the same to any member, officer or employee of or any agent or contractor employed by the Corporation, except as provided by subsection (2)(e);

     (b)     enter into any contract or obligation, whether the same is to be performed in Botswana or elsewhere; and

     (c)     do all such acts as the Corporation may deem necessary or expedient for the performance of its functions.

            (2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Corporation may-

     (a)     acquire, construct or cause to be constructed, or instal, or cause to be installed, whether on land owned by or leased to it or elsewhere, such works, houses, offices, other buildings, structures, machinery, equipment, plant, tools or appliances as it may deem necessary and expedient for the performance of its functions;

     (b)     enter, upon such security as it may deem sufficient, into agreements for the loan of money to any person in its employ to enable him to purchase motor or other vehicles required by him for the purposes of his employment;

     (c)     give guarantees for the repayment of money lent by any other person to a person in its employ to enable him to purchase such vehicles as are referred to in paragraph (b);

     (d)     give guarantees for the repayment of up to 30 percent of the amount of moneys lent by a building society or other financial institution approved by the Minister for the purchase or construction of a dwelling house, to any person in the employ of the Corporation who is a member of the Corporation's superannuation scheme;

     (e)     sell any dwelling house owned by the Corporation to any citizen of Botswana in its pensionable employment if, in the opinion of the Corporation, the dwelling house is unlikely to be required to house any employee of the Corporation who is not permanently employed thereby.

 

16.     Co-operation with authorities

 

            In the discharge of its functions the Corporation shall co-operate with local and other public authorities, including departments and agencies of the Government, and shall consult with local authorities in matters of concern to the Corporation which affect their interests.

 

17.     Research and records

 

            With a view to facilitating present or future research or planning, the Corporation shall keep full and accurate records of all its operations and shall have power to engage in research, and to assist others to engage in research, in respect of any matter relating to its functions, and to publish such records and the results of any such research.

 

18.     Power of the Minister to give directions

 

            The Minister may, after consultation with the Corporation, give to the Corporation such directions of a general or specific character as to the exercise and performance of its powers in fulfilling its functions as are necessary as a matter of public policy and as are not inconsistent with this Act nor with the contractual or other legal obligations of the Corporation, and the Corporation shall give effect to any such directions.