The Water Resources Management (Dam Safety) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020

This section gives the short title of the Regulations and says they must be read together with the Water Resources Management (Dam Safety) Regulations.

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Jurisdiction: Tanzania
Instrument: Regulation
Citation: The Water Resources Management (Dam Safety) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020
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Language: en
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construction construction and repair dam safety environmental permitting fees offences penalties permitting professional registration registration registration fees regulatory amendment renewal fees tailings dam

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This section gives the short title of the Regulations and says they must be read together with the Water Resources Management (Dam Safety) Regulations. This section amends the principal Regulations by replacing regulation 21 with new text starting with “Fees”. The Sixth Schedule fees apply to the listed application and registration matters, including registration of professional persons and dams with a safety risk. This amendment adds a new provision titled “Construction of dam or tailings without permit.” A person must not construct, rehabilitate, modify, or repair a dam or tailings dam without a permit.

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These Regulations may be cited as the Water
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AI-assisted research summary: This section gives the short title of the Regulations and says they must be read together with the Water Resources Management (Dam Safety) Regulations.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Water Resources Management (Amendment) (Dam Regulations, 2020 and shall be read as one with the Water Resources Management (Dam Safety) Regulations, hereinafter referred to as the “principal Regulations”. Safety) Amendment of regulation 21
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The principal Regulations are amended by deleting
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AI-assisted research summary: This section amends the principal Regulations by replacing regulation 21 with new text starting with “Fees”.

2. The principal Regulations are amended by deleting regulation 21 and substituting for it the following: “Fees
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The fees prescribed in the Sixth
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AI-assisted research summary: The Sixth Schedule fees apply to the listed application and registration matters, including registration of professional persons and dams with a safety risk.

21. The fees prescribed in the Sixth Schedule to these Regulations shall be in respect of application and payable registration professional persons and registration of dam with a safety risk.” approved of Addition of regulations 25A and 25B

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Schedule to these Regulations shall be

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The principal Regulations are amended by adding
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AI-assisted research summary: This amendment adds a new provision titled “Construction of dam or tailings without permit.”

3. The principal Regulations are amended by adding immediately after regulation 25 the following: “Construction of dam or tailings without permit
25A
A person who constructs,
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AI-assisted research summary: A person must not construct, rehabilitate, modify, or repair a dam or tailings dam without a permit.

25A. A person who constructs, rehabilitates, modifies or repairs a dam or tailings dam without a permit commits an offence and shall upon conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than two million shillings or imprisonment for a term of not less than three months or to both. Offence relating to activities of approved professional person
25B
A person who undertakes
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AI-assisted research summary: A person who carries out activities of approved professional persons without registration commits an offence.

25B. A person who undertakes activities of approved professional persons without registration commits an offence and shall, upon conviction, be liable to a fine of 1 Water Resources Management (Dam Safety) (Amendment) GN NO 55 (contd) not less than one million shillings or imprisonment for a term of not less than three months or to both.” Addition of Sixth Schedule
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The principal Act is amended by adding immediately
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AI-assisted research summary: This schedule sets registration and renewal fees for approved professional persons and dam registrations, with amounts varying by class and applicant type.

4. The principal Act is amended by adding immediately after the Fifth Schedule the following: __________ SIXTH SCHEDULE _________ (Made under regulation 21) TYPE OF FEE AMOUNT of of Application for registration of approved professional person Renewal registration approved professional person Application for registration of dam (normal water dams class A, B and C) Application for registration of tailings dam (class A and B) Registration of dam (normal water dams class A, B and C) Registration of tailings dam (class A and B) Local Applicant (TZS) 150,000.00 150,000.00 Class A 300,000.00 Class B 200,000.00 Class C 100,000.00 Class A 400,000.00 Class B 200,000.00 Class A 4,000,000.00 Class B 3,000,000.00 Class C 2,000,000.00 Class A 15,000,000.00 Class B 5,000,000.00 Foreign Applicant USD)
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150.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Item No.
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AI-assisted research summary: 6. Dodoma, 22nd January, 2020 MAKAME M. MBARAWA Minister for Water 2

6. Dodoma, 22nd January, 2020 MAKAME M. MBARAWA Minister for Water 2

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