District Association of Water Boards

(1) Village Water Boards in each District of Belize shall together establish an Association of all Boards in that District, which shall, (a) be known as “The................................District Association of Village Water Boards”; (b) have all the attributes of corporate personality referred to in section 43C(1) of this Act. (2) Every District Association of Water Boards for each District shall be independent of the District Association of Village Councils for that District. (3) The functions of each District Association of Water Boards shall be, (a) to represent all or any Board in its District at any forum, especially where such Board lacks financial, technical or other resources to adequately and meaningfully represent itself thereat; (b) to open and operate an account into which monies referred to in section 43I(1) of this Act, shall be credited; (c) to make loans to any Board which is a member of the Association for the purposes 37 of developing the water supply system for that Board. (4) The Minister may make regulations for the composition of, and procedures to be followed by, District Associations of Village Water Boards, after allowing representatives of Village Councils and Area Representatives of the Electoral Divisions wherein the District is situated an opportunity to present their views, and such regulations shall be subject to negative resolution by the House of Representatives.