National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998)SchedulesSchedule 4 : Management and Planning of Water Management InstitutionsPart 5 : Monitoring and intervention |
| 29. | Provision of information by an institution |
| (1) | An institution must provide the Minister or any person authorised by the Minister with— |
| (a) | the information which the Minister requires on the affairs and financial position of the institution; and |
| (b) | access to such books, accounts, documents and assets of the institution as the Minister may require. |
| (2) | The Minister may appoint a person to investigate the affairs or financial position of an institution and recover the reasonable fees and disbursements of that person from that institution. |
| (3) | A board member and an employee of a board have the same duties towards the Minister or a person authorised by the Minister as an institution has in subitem (1), except to the extent that the board member or employee can show that he or she is unable to comply. |
| 30. | Taking possession of books, records and assets |
The Minister or a person authorised by the Minister may enter into the premises of any institution and take possession of any book, record or asset of the institution where this is necessary in order to obtain any information to which the Minister is entitled in terms of this Part or for the purposes of any investigation that the Minister is entitled to conduct in terms of this Part.
| 31. | Offence |
Any institution, board member or employee of the board who does not comply with items 28 to 30 or obstructs a person appointed under item 29(2) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a sentence contemplated in section 151 of the Act.