Duty on well-driller to be licensed, etc

(1) No person shall practice as a well-driller except under and in accordance with a licence granted by the Authority. (2) The Authority may by Regulations made under this Act establish policies and procedures to govern the licensing of (3) It shall be the duty of any person who is the holder of a well-driller’s licence and who contracts to sink, construct, enlarge or otherwise alter a well on behalf of any person to satisfy himself prior to commencing any work that the other person, (i) holds a license issued pursuant to section 16 of this Act to abstract and use water; (ii) has obtained written consent from the Authority in pursuance of section 40 (1) of this Act; or (iii) is, by virtue of the provisions of section 27 of this Act entitled to National Integrated 39 abstract and use water without a (4) A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars or to imprisonment for two years or to both.