s 43 Board may act in cases of emergency
43.—(1) Where the Board considers it necessary in the case of an emergency, the Board may direct the immediate execution of any work or the doing of any act being any work or act authorised under this Act which is in its opinion necessary for the service and safety of the public.[Act 38 of 2024 wef 01/03/2025] (2) Despite anything in section 44, where the Board has reason to believe that any public sewerage system or stormwater drainage system, or any part thereof, is damaged or obstructed, the Board may immediately and without notice enter any premises and carry out, or direct the immediate execution of, any work or the doing of any act to repair the public sewerage system or stormwater drainage system, or the part thereof, or remove the obstruction, which is in the opinion of the Board necessary for the service or safety of the public.[Act 38 of 2024 wef 01/03/2025]