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12. Application for registration of existing rights
Every person having an existing right may, within one year from the commencement of this Act, notify the Water Registrar of such right:
Provided that the Minister may, in his discretion in respect of any particular case or class of cases or in respect of any particular area, extend the period within which notification is to be made, either before or after the expiration of that period.
13. Registrar to record existing rights
(1) On the receipt by the Water Registrar of a notification under section 12 he shall, after making such investigation as he considers advisable and if he is satisfied that an existing right has been proved to exist, record the same in the register of water rights and issue a certificate under his hand that such a right has been recorded; if the Registrar is not so satisfied, he shall not record the right and the right shall thereupon determine.
(2) On the recording of an existing right in terms of subsection (1) the person who possesses the right shall be deemed to have been granted a water right under this Act.
14. Rights not subject to this Part
Nothing in this Part shall apply to an existing right to abstract and use water in a quantity not exceeding 22,750 litres in any one day.