193.1(1)With the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, the Minister may enter into an agreement with respect to the acquisition, establishment, operation, alteration, extension or alienation of a water or sanitary sewerage system.

193.1(2)Where a water or sanitary sewerage system has been acquired by the Minister pursuant to subsection (1), the Minister shall operate the system as a user-charge basis and may, where both systems have been acquired, establish separate or joint rates therefor.

193.1(3)Subsections 189(4), (5), (6), (8), (9), (10), (14) and (15) apply mutatis mutandis to the operation of water and sanitary sewerage systems under this section.

193.1(4)A user-charge levied under this section is a debt due the Crown.