Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1989 received the assent of the Governor on the 30th June, 1989. The said Act in force in the combined State, as on 02.06.2014, has been adapted to the State of Telangana, under section 101 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (Central Act 6 of 2014) vide. the Telangana Adaptation of Laws (No.2) Order, 2016, issued in G.O.Ms.No.46, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016. Short title, extent and commencement. Definitions. 2 [Act No. 15 of 1989] Chief Engineer under this Act and includes an Officer placed in additional charge of the duties of the Chief Engineer; (d) “communication pipe” means- (i) where the premises supplied with water about on the part of the street in which the main is laid, and the service pipe enters those premises otherwise than through the outer wall of a building on the street and has a stopcock placed in those premises and as near to the boundary of that street as is reasonably practicable, so much of the service pipe as lies between the main and that stopcock; (ii) in any other case, so much of the service pipe as lies between the main and the boundary of the street in which the main is laid and includes the ferrule at the junction of the service pipe with the main, and also- (a) where the communication pipe ends at a stopcock that stopcock; and (b) any stopcock fitted on the communication pipe between the end thereof and the main; (e) “Government” means the State Government; (f) “Hyderabad Metropolitan area” means the area of the Hyderabad Urban district and includes such other areas adjacent thereto as the Government may, by notification from time to time, specify; (g) “licenced Engineer or Plumber” means a person licenced under the provisions of this Act as an Engineer or Plumber; (h) “local authority” means,- [Act No. 15 of 1989] 3 (i) a municipal corporation constituted under the law relating to municipal corporation for the time being in force; (ii) a municipal council constituted under the 2[Telangana Municipalities Act, 1965]; (iii) a cantonment Board constituted under 3the Cantonments Act, 1924; (iv) a Mandal Praja Parishad, a Zilla Praja Parishad or a Zilla Abhivrudhi Sameeksha Mandali constituted under the 4[Andhra Pradesh Mandala Praja Parishads, Zilla Praja Parishads and Zilla Abhivrudhi Sameeksha Mandals Act, 1986]; and (v) a gram panchayat or a township constituted under the 4[Andhra Pradesh Gram Panchayats Act, 1964]; (i) “main” means a pipe laid for the purpose of giving a general supply of water as distinct from a supply to individual consumers and includes any apparatus used in connection with such a pipe; (j) “notification” means a notification published in the 5Telangana Gazette; and the word “notified” shall be construed accordingly;