National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998)Chapter 9 : Advisory Committees101. Transitional provisions relating to advisory committees |
| (1) | The National Water Advisory Council established by section 3A of the Water Act, 1956 (Act No. 54 of 1956), the Advisory Committee on Safety of Dams established by section 9C(5)(a)(i) of the Water Act, 1956, and any advisory committee established under section 68(1) of the Water Act, 1956, must be regarded as being an advisory committee contemplated in this Act. |
| (2) | Subject to the Minister's powers under section 99 — |
| (a) | the name, powers and duties of a committee or body referred to in subsection (1) remain the same as they were immediately before the commencement of this Act; |
| (b) | any provision of the Water Act, 1956, or a regulation or notice issued under that Act regulating any matter contemplated in section 99, continues to apply as if it were a regulation made under section 100; and |
| (c) | any person holding office in a committee or body referred to in subsection (1) immediately before the commencement of this Act continues in office until the expiration of that person's term of appointment or until the committee or body is disestablished, whichever happens sooner. |