Assignment 1: Water Management Framework in Malaysia

Group members

Name Matric Number

Fanny Ng Chin Yi U2004937

Amalin Aisyah Putri binti Radzali U2004949

Nur Syafiqah binti Saad U2004718

Name of Legal What is it for? Who will execute? Where the law/legal When and Why it is
Framework framework take place? introduced?

1.Water Act (No. 418) This Act makes provision for the protection of District officer, director States of Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, ● 1920
rivers and streams general Perak, Selangor, Malacca and - since water is the basic necessity for human,
Penang. the quality of drinking water need to be
protected to avoid any further circumstances
in future (health risk)

2.Irrigation Act An Act relating to the establishment and Drainage and irrigation States of west Malaysia only ● 1953
(Mal) regulation of irrigation areas in Malaysia. engineer -water supplies are essential for agriculture,
so the government in provision of adequate
irrigation has taken a serious action on this.

3.Drainage work Act An Act relating to drainage works Yang dipertua negeri in States of west Malaysia only ● 1954
council, drainage board - provide guidelines for construction and
maintenance of drain and water courses and
embankments.

4.Land Conservation Act An Act relating to the conservation of hill land Ruler in Council or the Shall not come into operation in any ● 1960
and the protection of soil from erosion and the Yang di-Pertuan in Council state until it has been adopted by -to conserve hill lands, prevent soil erosion,
inroad of silt. of a State the legislature of the state itself and control siltation.
-provides powers of the Land Administrator to
Land administrator make orders or vary and revoke orders;
appeal; penalties; etc

5.National Land Code to ensure uniformity of law and policy with
respect to land tenure, registration of titles
relating to land, transfer of land, leases and
charges in respect of land, easements and
other rights and interests in land.
State authority, national
land council
States of Johore, Kedah, Kelantan,
Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Pahang,
Penang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor
and Trengganu
● 1965
-to provide the framework, direction and
continuity of decisions made for the function of
land in the implementation of national
development plans which involve local, state
and regional plans.Land policies provide the
framework, direction and continuity of
decisions made for the function of land in the
implementation of national development plans
which involve local, state and regional plans.

6.Ministerial Functions to make provisions for declaring the functions
Act and the transfer of functions of Ministers, for
declaring the styles and titles of Ministers, and
for incidental and connected purposes.
Minister Governor-General ● 1969
-discuss on resignation and dismissal, legal
power for ministers to act for other ministers,
roles and power of ministers, financial of
ministers,and minister’s duty.

7.Environmental Quality An Act relating to the prevention, abatement, Duli Yang Maha,Mulia Seri Whole Malaysia ● 1974
Act control of pollution and enhancement of the Paduka Baginda Yang di-
environment, and for purposes connected Pertuan Agong with the - form a basic instrument for achieving
therewith. advice and consent of the environmental policy objectives since
Dewan Negara and Malaysia's rapid development raised
Dewan Rakyat in environmental concern. .
Parliament assembled,
and by the authority,
environmental quality
council

8.Street, Drainage and Street, Drainage and Building Act Street, Drainage and Street, Drainage and Building Act ● 1974
Building Act + Geology Building Act
Survey Act This Act aims to provide a uniform system in West Malaysia
local authority areas of Malaysia and sets out local authority that under
rules to regulate the activities relating to street, the obligation to construct Geology Survey Act
drainage and building in those areas. and maintain drains and
water-courses, as well as apply throughout Malaysia.
Geology Survey Act back-lanes.

An Act to regulate and control geological Geology Survey Act

surveys, to establish geological archives and to
provide for matters incidental thereto. Department of mineral and
geosciences: Director
General of Geological
Survey, a Deputy Director
General of Geological
Survey and such other
officers of the Geological
Survey

9.Local Government Act An Act to revise and consolidate the laws Seri Paduka Baginda Peninsular Malaysia only ● 1976
relating to local government. This Act makes Yang di-Pertuan Agong
provision with respect to local government and with the advice and -ensuring uniformity of law and policy to make
local authority in Malaysia. consent of the Dewan a law with respect to local government
Negara and Dewan
Rakyat in Parliament
assembled, and by the
authority
10.Town & Country An Act for the proper control and regulation of Seri Paduka Baginda Peninsular Malaysia ● 1976
Planning Act town and country planning in Peninsular Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Malaysia and for purposes connected therewith with the advice and -to confer executive authority on the
or ancillary thereto consent of the Dewan Federation over certain matters in relation to
Negara and Dewan the control and regulation of town and country
Rakyat in Parliament planning
assembled, and by the
authority, environmental
quality council

11.Environmental The Regulations state (a) the continuance of Director general Shall apply throughout Malaysia ● 1977
Quality Regulation existing conditions and restrictions in case of
(Crude Palm Oil) change in occupancy; (b) the information to be -This Regulation is crucial in preventing
provided by the applicant for a licence or for the environmental issues that arise from the
renewal or transfer of a licence; (c) the quality of palm oil mill effluent.
obligations of the occupier of prescribed
premises; (d) limits for parameters of effluent
to be discharged into a watercourse and onto
land

12. Environmental For the purpose of these Regulations, Director general, Shall apply throughout Malaysia ● 1978
Quality Regulation (Raw "prescribed premises" means any premises environmental quality
Natural Rubber) occupied or used for the production or council
processing of (a) raw natural rubber in
technically specified form, latex form or in the
form of modified and special purpose rubber;
and (b) conventional sheet, skim, crepe, etc.
Further provisions regulate the continuance of
existing conditions and restrictions in case of
change in occupancy, the changes that may
alter the quality of effluents, the imposition of
acceptable conditions in respect of a licence for
the discharge of effluent from prescribed
premises. Final provisions concern fees to be
paid for the issue of licences.

13. Environmental These Regulations apply to effluent discharges Director general Shall apply throughout Malaysia ● 1979
Quality Regulation into any inland waters other than the effluents
(Sewage and Industrial discharged from prescribed or other premises
Effluent) specified in the First Schedule.

14. National Forestry An Act to provide for the administration, Federal and State Within the States of Malaysia ● 1984
Act management and conservation of forests and Governments in the field of
forestry development.. forestry sector -The government has gazetted national parks
development as part of its attempts to save forests. The
Malaysian government has gazetted national
parks since 1939. Forest reserves are
valuable natural heritage areas and need to
be protected.

15. Fishery Act and An Act relating to fisheries, including the Responsibility of Minister, Within the States of Malaysia ● 1985
Regulation ( No.317) conservation, management and development of fisheries officers and
maritime and estuarine fishing and fisheries, in deputy fisheries officers, -provides for the conservation, management
Malaysian fisheries waters, to turtles and inland fisheries officers and and development of marine fishing. Marine
riverine fishing in Malaysia and to matters deputy inland fisheries fisheries are federal matters, with DOF
connected therewith or incidental thereto). officers empowered to undertake their management
via this Act.

16. Interim River Quality A guideline to execute the effort, prepare the Federal government, Malaysian rivers ● 1986
Standard modus operandi and the method to clean river department of
environment, researcher

17. Environmental For the purpose of implementing the provisions
Quality Regulation of section 34 A of the Environmental Quality
(Prescribed Activities) Act 1974, the Order lists in the Schedule the
activities to be considered as prescribed
activities and therefore subjected to the
environmental impact assessment. The
activities belong to the following sectors:
agriculture, airport, drainage and irrigation, land
reclamation, fisheries, forestry, housing,
industry, infrastructure, ports, mining,
petroleum, power generation and transmission,
quarries, railways, transportation, resort and
recreational development, waste treatment and
disposal, water supply.
Minister of Natural “environmentally sensitive area” ● 1987
Resources and means—
Environment,
environmental quality (a) any area specified as such in
council the development plan or national
physical plan under the Town and
Country Planning Act 1976 [Act
172];
or (b) any area specified as
environmental protection area or
environmental conservation area
under any Enactment in the State of
Sabah or any Ordinance in the
State of Sarawak;

18. Environmentalq These regulations provide for the sewage Engineer, authorised -These regulations shall apply to ● 2009
Quality Regulation discharge, industrial or mixed effluent, solid officer, DOE any premises which discharge
(Sewage), (Industrial waste transfer station and landfill, and leachate sewage onto or into any soil, or into
Effluent), (Solid Waste discharge any inland waters or Malaysian
Transfer Station and waters, other than any housing or
Landfill) commercial development or both
having population equivalent of less
than one hundred and fifty

-These regulations shall apply to

any premises which discharge or
release industrial effluent or mixed
effluent, onto or into any soil, or into
inland water or Malaysian waters

-These regulations shall apply to

solid waste transfer stations and
landfills which discharge or release
leachate

19. Environmental These Regulations provide for the disposal, Contractor, director This act shall apply throughout ● 1989
Quality Regulation treatment, management, storage and transport general Malaysia
(Scheduled Waste) of scheduled wastes.

20. Sewerage Services An Act to amend and consolidate the laws Federal government, local This act shall apply throughout ● 1993
Act relating to sewerage systems and sewerage authority, state Malaysia
services throughout Malaysia for the purpose of government, director
improving sanitation and the environment and general of sewerage
promoting public health services, district land
administration

21. Merchant Shipping An Act to make provisions with respect to civil Owner of a ship, fishery Shall apply to any area of Malaysia ● 1993
Act (Oil Pollution) Act liability for oil pollution by merchant ships and department include the territorial sea of
for matters connected therewith. Malaysia and exclusive economic
zone of Malaysia

22. Selangor Water Responsible to manage water resources, river Menteri besar, state
Management Authority basins, and coastal zone in an integrated and secretary, state legal
Enactment sustainable manner advisor, state financial
officer, director general of
federal drainage and
irrigation department,
Selangor water
management authority
This Enactment shall apply to all
rivers wholly within the State of
Selangor and to all river basins,
catchment areas, wetlands, ground
water, coastal waters and water
bodies within the State of Selangor
except those wholly within the
Federal Administrative Centre of
Putrajaya.
● 1999
-To ensure that the state’s water resources,
including river basins, ground and surface
water, lakes, ponds and former mines, as well
as the Selangor state coastline are always in
a protected condition

23. National Water An Act to provide for the establishment of the The commission of a body This act applies to Peninsular ● 2006
Services Commission Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara with corporate by the name Malaysia and the Federal Territories
Act powers to supervise and regulate water supply “Suruhanjaya of Putrajaya and Labuan
services and sewerage services and to enforce Perkhidmatan Air Negara”
the water supply and sewerage services laws appointed by the minister
and for related matters.

24. Water Services Act An Act to provide for and regulate water supply
services and sewerage services and for
matters incidental thereto.
Minister, owner of a
private water supply
system
This act applies throughout
Peninsular Malaysia and the
Federal Territories of Putrajaya and
Labuan
● 2006
-for the purpose of ensuring uniformity of law
and policy to make a law for the proper control
and regulation of water supply services and
sewerage services throughout Peninsular
Malaysia and the Federal Territories of
Putrajaya and Labuan

25. Environmental The regulations was being amended to include Federal government This shall apply throughout ● 2009
Quality Regulation the description of activities, authorities involved Malaysia
(Amended) and the enforcement aspects of each matter