This Act makes provision for the control of floodwater. The 17 sections of the Act are divided into 5 Parts: Preliminary (I); Preparation, Confirmation and Modification of Schemes (II); Powers of Undertakers of a Scheme (III); Implementation of Schemes and Compensation (IV); Miscellaneous (V). The Minister may, by Order, declare any area defined in such Order to be a flood-water control area and appoint a state body as undertaker for the purposes of the carrying out of a floodwater control scheme (sect. 3). The scheme will also be prepared by the appointed body (sect. 5). Section 17 provides for regulation making powers of the Minister.
牙买加 · 1958-03-13