Section 2: In this Act unless the context otherwise requires–

"catchment area" means any area of land or water from which water contributes to the supply of any waterwork and the demarcation of which has been agred between the Company and the relevant local authority; "Chairman" means the chairman of the Board and includes an acting chairman; "financial year" means a period of twelve months corresponding with the Government's financial year; "fire authority" means a fire authority constituted by law in respect of any specified area; "local authority" means the local authority in whose area of authority the Company is seeking to acquire or acquires land; "mains" includes a pipe transferred to or laid by the Company for the purpose of giving a general supply of water as distinct from supply to individuals, and any apparatus used in connection with such pipe; "occupier" includes the person in occupation of a part of or the whole premises but does not include a lodger; "owner" includes the holder of any premises direct from the State whether under licence or otherwise, or the immediate landlord of any premises; "premises" includes messuages, buildings, lands, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, public or private; No. 6 The Sierra Leone Water Company Act 2001 3 "public fountain" means any fountain, tap, standpipe, valve or any apparatus used or intended to be used for or in connection with the supply of water to the public from any waterworks; "Minister" means the minister responsible for water resources; "service pipe" means any pipe, valve, cistern or other apparatus by or through which water flows or is intended to flow from any mains or which is or may be used for the purpose of supplying water to any premises; "specified area" includes Bo Town, Kenema Town, Koidu Town, Makeni Town, Yengema Town, Lungi and any other area declared as such under section 25; "street" includes a highway, public bridge, road, land, footway, alley, passage or other thoroughfare or open space over which the public have a right of passage; "Vesting Day" means such day as the Minister shall, by statutory instrument fix for the vesting in the Company of all waterworks and undertakings in respect of water supply services in Bo Town, Kenema Town, Koidu Town, Makeni Town, Yengema Town and Lungi; "water rates and charges" means the rates and charges which the Company is authorised to levy and demand for the supply of water; "waterworks" includes reservoirs, dams, tanks, cisterns, tunnels, treatment plants, conduits, aqueducts, mains, pipes, fountains, valves, pumps, engines and all structures or appliances used or constructed for the storage, conveyance, supply, measurement or regulation of water, which are vested in the Company or which are acquired, used or constructed by or on behalf of the Company. 4 No. 6 The Sierra Leone Water Company Act 2001 PART II—INCORPORATION OF SIERRA LEONE WATER COMPANY [Margin: Establishment and incorporation of Company.]