in terms of this Act to any private individual, institution or corporation requiring to use the
equipment or material for agricultural purposes on any agricultural land:
Provided that if the person from whom the farm equipment or material was acquired by
the State contests the acquisition, the State shall not sell or otherwise dispose of it in terms of
this subsection until the matter is finally determined in accordance with section eight.".
27 Amendment of Cap. 20:24
(1) The Water Act [Chapter 20:24] (No. 31 of 1998) is amended⎯
(a) in section 6 (“General functions of Minister”) (2)(k) by the deletion of “Minister for
Environment and Tourism in terms of the Environmental Management Act [Chapter
20:26].” and the substitution of “the Minister responsible for the administration of the
Environmental Management Act [Chapter 20:27].”;
(b) in section 13 (“Contents of outline plans”) (1) (a) (iii) by the deletion of “Environmental
Management Act [Chapter 20:26]” and the substitution of “Environmental
Management Act [Chapter 20:27]”;
(c) in section 119 (“Regulations”) (2)(c) by the deletion of “Minister for Environment and
Tourism” and the substitution of “the Minister responsible for environment”.
28 Amendment of Cap. 20:27
The Environmental Management Act [Chapter 20:27] (No. 11 of 2002) is amended⎯
(a) in section 7 (“Establishment of a National Environmental Council”) (1)(a) by the
deletion of “Permanent Secretaries” and the substitution of “Secretaries”;
(b) in section 37 (“Powers of officers and inspectors”)⎯
(i) in subsection (2) by the deletion of “an inspector” and the substitution of “an
officer or inspector”;
(ii) in subsection (4) by the deletion of “An inspector may” and the substitution of
“An officer or inspector may”;
(c) in section 57 (“Water pollution prohibition”) (1) by the deletion of “for imprisonment
for a period not exceeding five years, or to a fine not exceeding five million dollars” and
the substitution of “to a fine not exceeding level fourteen or fifteen million dollars,
whichever is the greater, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years”;
(d) in section 63 (“Air quality standards”) (2) by the deletion of “imprisonment for a period
of not more than five years or to a fine of not more than fifteen million dollars” and the
substitution of “a fine not exceeding level fourteen or fifteen million dollars, whichever
is the greater, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years”;
(e) in section 142 (“Amendments of Acts”) by the insertion of the following subsection, the
existing section becoming subsection (1)⎯
“(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), any statutory instruments which immediately before
the fixed date were in force under the Acts referred to in subsection (1) shall remain in force as
if they had been made under this Act.”;
(f) in section 144 (“Repeals of Caps. 20:03, 15:05 and 19:07”) by the insertion of the
following subsection, the existing section becoming subsection (1)⎯
“(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), any statutory instruments which immediately before
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