(1) Any bye-laws by whatever name called made by the local bodies in relation to the provision of water supply and sewerage services under the Acts constituting such local bodies before the date of constitution of the Authority and in force immediately before the said date shall continue in force to the extent they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, until such time as regulations are framed by the Authority under section 65.
(2) Any water charge, fee or other item of receipt by whatever name called levied by a local body or by the officers of the Public Health Engineering Department before the date of constitution of the Authority and any notification, notice, order or direction in relation to such levy or to the provision of water supply and sewerage services issued immediately before the said date including any assessment of such levy or order for exemption or connection, disconnection or reconnection made or granted or any penalty imposed in respect of the owner or occupier of any premises or any license issued to a plumber or any order made in connection therewith under any provision of law applicable to the local body having jurisdiction over such area
1. Inserted by Act 8 of 2009.
2. Inserted by Act 8 of 2009.
and in force immediately before the said date shall continue in force until other provision or order is made or other proceedings or action taken under this Act by the Authority for levy or assessment or for grant of such license or connection or provision of such services and any reference in such notification, notice, order, direction, bye-laws or license to the local body shall be construed as a reference to the Authority and in particular, proceeds of such charges or levy or other items of receipt shall go into the Fund of the Authority:
Provided that in respect of local bodies, this section shall have effect from the date referred to in sub-section (1) of section 18.
(67) Exclusion of Powers of local bodies under certain enactments.-- Except as provided in section 66, on and from the day on which the Authority is constituted, and in respect of local bodies, on and from the date referred to in sub-section (1) of section 18,--
(a) any city constituted under the Kerala Municipal Corporations Act, 1960 (14 0f 1961) ;
(b) any Municipality constituted under the Kerala Municipalities Act, 1960 (14 0f 1961) ;
(c) Guruvayoor Township constituted under the Guruvayoor Township Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) ;
(d) Any Panchayat constituted under the Kerala Panchayats Act, 1960 (32 0f 1960).
Shall have the powers, duties and functions under the said enactments as if the powers, duties and functions assigned by this Act to the Authority including the power to hold any property for purposes of the said duties and functions were excluded from the powers, duties and functions of the corporation, the municipal council , the township committee or the panchayat as the case may be .
(68) Amendment of Act 15 of 1971:--With effect from the date on which this Act comes into force either in part or in full, the Kerala State Rural Development Board Act, 1971 (15 of 1971, shall have effect subject to the following amendments, namely :--
(i) in section 7, in sub-section (1), the brackets, letters and words ”(a) water supply schemes” and ”(b) sewerage schemes” shall be omitted ; and
(ii) in section 8, in the Explanations, the words ”the Public Health Engineering Department shall be the Engineering Departments of the Government in respect of water supply and sewerage schemes and” shall be omitted.
(69) Amendment of Act 19 of 1970.--With effect from the date of publication of this Act in the Gazette, the Kerala Public Service Commission (Additional functions as respects certain Corporations and Companies) Act, 1970 (19 of 1970) shall have effect subject to the following amendment, namely :-- in clause (a) of section 2, the words and figures” or the Kerala Water Authority” established under section 3 of the Kerala Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1986;” shall be added at the end.
(70) Removal of difficulties.—(1) The State Government may, for the purpose of removing any difficulty, particularly in relation to the transition from the provisions of the enactments referred to in section 67 to the provisions of this Act by order. Direct that the said enactments shall, during such period as may be specified in the order, have effect subject to such adaptations, whether by way of modification, addition or omission not affecting the substance, as it may deem to be necessary or expedient.
(2) Every order made under sub-section (1) shall be laid before the State Legislature.
(71) Repeal and Saving.—(1) The Kerala Water and Waste Water Ordinance, 1986 (27 Of 1986), is hereby repealed.
(i) The Kerala Water Supply and Sewerage (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 (30 Of 2008), is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or deemed to have been done or any action taken or deemed to have been taken under the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under this Act.
(i) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or deemed to have been done or any action taken or deemed to have been taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act.