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THE WATER ACT.

Statutory Instrument 152—13.

The Water (Bushenyi Water Supply) Regulations.

Arrangement of Regulations.

Regulation 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

Citation.

Interpretation.

Declaration of Bushenyi water supply area.

Appointment of a water authority.

General water rate.

Exempted premises.

General water rate for hotels, inns and lodging houses.

General water rate for restaurants, cookshops, bakeries and butcheries.

Internal supply rate for domestic purposes.


Internal supply rate for hotels, inns and lodging houses.

Internal supply rate for restaurants, cookshops, bakeries and butcheries.

12.

Standard water rate.

13.

Computing quantity of water.

Schedule Schedule Bushenyi water supply area.

THE WATER ACT.

Statutory Instrument 152—13.

The Water (Bushenyi Water Supply) Regulations.1 (Under sections 45, 46 and 94 of the Act.)

1.

Citation.
1.

Citation.

These Regulations may be cited as the Water (Bushenyi Water Supply) Regulations.

2.

Interpretation.

In these Regulations, “premises” does not include premises to which the Water (Contractors’ Supply Charges) Regulations apply.

3.

Declaration of Bushenyi water supply area.

The area set forth in the Schedule to these Regulations is declared to be a water supply area to be known as the Bushenyi water supply area.

4.

Appointment of a water authority.


The commissioner of water development is appointed the water authority for the Bushenyi water supply area.

5.

General water rate.

(1) A general water rate of 5 percent per year shall be levied in respect of all premises in the Bushenyi water supply area; except that no general rate shall be chargeable in respect of any premises until a supply of water becomes available for those premises at a point not more than one thousand feet from those premises.
(2) The prescribed minimum value on which payment of the general water rate is to be based shall be twelve hundred shillings per year.

1See S.I.

152-8, footnote 1.

6.

Exempted premises.
Premises used principally for public worship and premises constructed of primitive materials such as wattle and daub, sun-burnt bricks, grass or reeds shall be exempt from the general water rate for so long only as the premises are not supplied with water for domestic purposes; except that the water authority may in the case of premises used for public worship cause a meter to be affixed on those premises and levy a charge at the standard rate for all water in excess of fifteen hundred gallons consumed in any month.
7.

General water rate for hotels, inns and lodging houses.

Premises occupied as hotels, inns and lodging houses shall be liable to pay an addition of 50 percent to the general water rate.

8.

General water rate for restaurants, cookshops, bakeries and butcheries.

Restaurants, cookshops, bakeries and butcheries shall be liable to pay an addition of 25 percent to the general water rate.

9.

Internal supply rate for domestic purposes.


(1) An internal supply rate of 5 percent per year is prescribed for premises supplied with water for domestic purposes.

(2) The prescribed minimum value on which payment of the internal supply rate is to be based shall be twelve hundred shillings per year.

10.

Internal supply rate for hotels, inns and lodging houses.

Premises occupied as hotels, inns and lodging houses shall be liable to pay an addition of 50 percent to the internal supply rate.

11.
11.

Internal supply rate for restaurants, cookshops, bakeries and butcheries.

Restaurants, cookshops, bakeries and butcheries shall be liable to pay an addition of 25 percent to the internal supply rate.

12.

Standard water rate.

The standard rate at which water may be supplied by quantity shall be six shillings per one thousand gallons.

13.

Computing quantity of water.
The method of computing the quantity of water taken for particular purposes shall be as follows— (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) for persons resident on any premises such as barracks, camps and hospitals, per head per month, 350 gallons; for persons resident on any premises as in paragraph (a) of this regulation, where a waterborne sewerage system exists, per head per month, 700 gallons; for persons resorting by day or night only to premises such as workshops, factories, offices, clubs and institutions for work or occupation in those premises, per head per month, 120 gallons; except that the water authority may cause a meter to be affixed on any such workshop, factory, office, club or institution as aforesaid and may levy a charge in respect of all water consumed in excess of the quantity specified in this paragraph; for persons resorting by day or night only to premises, as in paragraph (c) of this regulation, where a private waterborne sewerage system exists, per head per month, 250 gallons; in respect of an engine or machine for which water is supplied— (i) (ii) steam engines, per horsepower, 600 gallons per month; internal combustion engines, per horsepower, 60 gallons per month; (iii) other engines and machines to be charged according to consumption estimated by the water authority, except that the water authority may in respect of an internal combustion engine cause a meter to be affixed on the premises in which the combustion engine is and levy a charge in respect of water consumed in excess of the quantity of 60 gallons specified in this paragraph; in respect of animals— (i) cattle, horses, donkeys, mules, 300 gallons per head per month; sheep, goats, pigs, 100 gallons per head per month; (ii) in respect of baths— (i) capable of containing more than 30 gallons, for each gallon (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n) (o) (p) of excess capacity, 100 gallons per month up to 50 gallons capacity; of over 50 gallons capacity, to be charged according to consumption estimated by the water authority; (ii) in respect of fountains,
 ponds and tanks, according to the discharge of a perforated disc through which the supply is given as estimated by the water authority; in respect of pleasure gardens, sports fields and market gardens for each square yard of area, 1 gallon per month; in respect of supplies to greenhouses and conservatories, for every one hundred square feet of area, 400 gallons per month; in respect of supplies for building purposes— (i) for steel or iron structures, for every one hundred shillings of cost excluding the cost of the steel framework, 200 gallons; other than steel or iron structures, for every one hundred shillings of cost, 200 gallons; (ii) in respect of concrete construction other than buildings, for every cubic yard of concrete, 200 gallons; in respect of cement plastering, for every two hundred superficial feet, 100 gallons; in respect of formation and consolidation of macadam roads, for every one hundred superficial yards, 800 gallons; in respect of grouting in pitching, curbing or channelling and other surface work, for every one hundred superficial yards, 1,200 gallons; and for any supply (other than domestic supply) not specified in this regulation, the charges shall be fixed in accordance with the estimate of the water authority.
_____ Schedule.

Bushenyi water supply area.

reg.

3.
The area for the time being constituting the town of Bushenyi and extending westward from the westerly border of the town boundary to include an area within a line described as follows— Commencing at the westerly border of the town at a point 250 feet to the north of the Bushenyi-Mbarara main road, and proceeding in a direction parallel with that road at an even distance of 250 feet from it to a point 300 feet from the centre of the former Ankole Government gaol; thence skirting the gaol to the north at an even distance of 300 feet from the centre of the gaol to a point 50 feet from the side road leading from the Bushenyi-Mbarara main road to the house of the saza chief; thence northwesterly along that side road at an even distance of 50 feet from the side road to a point 100 feet from the house of the saza chief; thence round the house of the saza chief at an even distance of 100 feet from it to a point 50 feet from the opposite side of the side road; thence southeastwards along the side road at an even distance of 50 feet from it to a point 250 feet from the northerly edge of the Bushenyi-Mbarara main road; thence in a westerly direction parallel with the main road at an even distance of 250 feet from it to a point directly opposite a point on the Bushenyi-Mbarara main road 1,400 feet from the intersection of that road with the side road to the saza chief’s house; thence southwards in a straight line across the Bushenyi- Mbarara main road to a point on the southern side of that road 750 feet distant from the house of the veterinary officer; thence skirting the house of the veterinary officer to the south at an even distance of 750 feet from the houses to a point 250 feet from the south side of the Bushenyi-Mbarara main road; thence in an easterly direction parallel with that road at an even distance of 250 feet from it to join the westerly edge of the town boundary.
The boundary of this area is shown bordered in red on Boundary Plan No.

190 deposited at the Survey Records Office, Department of Lands and Surveys, Entebbe.

_____ History: S.I.

137-4; S.I.

154/1972.

Cross Reference Water (Contractors’ Supply Charges) Regulations, S.I.

152-8.

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