Section 23, The Sierra Leone Water Company Act, 2001

(1) The Company may— (a) establish and maintain such departments, divisions, sections, branches and field offices; (b) devise or adopt with or without modification, any forms and procedures; and (c) make such other administrative arrangements, as it may consider necessary or expedient for the efficient performance of its functions. (2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), the Company shall establish the following departments– (a) a technical department with responsibilities for, *inter alia*, planning, surveys, preparing estimates for and construction of new works, research, development of techniques, engagement and liaison with consultants, collection of hydrological data, supervision of abstraction, treatment, operation and maintenance of water supplies; (b) an accounts department with responsibility for keeping the accounts of the Company, preparation of the annual budget and statistics relating to finance, recommendation of rates for the supply of water, raising of funds, revenue collection and disbursements, investment of funds, insurance, and administration of the general policy relating to finance; (c) a general administration department responsible for matters relating to personnel, industrial and public relations, preparation of annual reports, property and legal matters. No. 6 *The Sierra Leone Water Company Act* 2001 13 [Margin: Transfer of responsibility for water supply, etc. to the Company.]