Irrigation (General) Regulations
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-"Act" means the Irrigation Act (Cap. 347);"agency contract" means a legal agreement between parties on irrigation matters to enable modalities of provision of services;"association" means an irrigation water users’ association established and registered in accordance with these Regulations;"association management committee" means the body elected by the General Assembly to oversee and supervise the activities of an association;"authorised dependant" means, in relation to a permit holder, his father and mother, wives and such of his children as are unmarried and under the age of eighteen years;"by-laws" means the by-laws of an association or umbrella association;"capital replacement fund" means the capital replacement fund maintained under regulation 59;"cluster of irrigation schemes" means a group of irrigation schemes in a defined geographical area being implemented by an authorised agency;"County Executive Committee Member" means the County Executive Committee Member responsible for matters relating to irrigation;"county public scheme" means a public scheme constructed on public land held in trust by the County Government or land acquired by the County Government for the specific purpose of irrigation;"designated irrigation area" means any area of land designated by the Cabinet Secretary in accordance with section 16(1) of the Act as an irrigation scheme and includes national public, county public, smallholder and private irrigation areas;"General Assembly" means the supreme decision-making body of an association;"good agricultural practices" means a collection of principles to apply for on-farm production and post-production processes, resulting in safe and healthy food and non-food agricultural product, while taking into account economic, social and environmental sustainability;"irrigation development" means the conceptualization studies, designing, planning and execution of irrigation projects and programmes;"irrigation infrastructure" means all infrastructure including water harvesting and storage structures, abstraction, conveyance,distribution, on-farm water application facilities, drainage works and any other related accessories;"irrigation schedule" means a plan showing the appropriate irrigation frequency and duration;"irrigation scheme management committee" means the committee established by the Cabinet Secretary or the respective County Governor in accordance with these Regulations;"irrigation services" means services provided to irrigators which include those listed in regulation 16(2);"irrigation system" means a system comprising the infrastructure, management and production components;"land administration" means allocation, succession, transfer, boundary establishment and revocation of tenure rights;"major irrigation infrastructure" means irrigation infrastructure that can be used to store, abstract and convey water to the service areas of two or more associations;"Master Register" means the Master Register of associations maintained under regulations 66;"on-farm water management" means a systems approach towards controlling water on a farm in a manner that provides for the beneficial management of water for satisfying the irrigation and drainage needs;"public scheme" means a public irrigation scheme established on government land as provided in section 6(2)(c) of the Act;"quality irrigation water" means water with the right physical, chemical and biological characteristics suitable for irrigated crops, aquaculture, livestock and forestry which does not pose a threat to public safety or environment;"recycled water" means waste water that has been converted into a reusable form for irrigation;"register" means a register required to be maintained under these Regulations;"service area" means the defined area of land served by an irrigation system where an association or other service provider operates;"supervising entity" means the entity exercising a supervisory role as specified under regulation 6;"service provider" means any public or private enterprise contracted to carry out any of the irrigation services, specified under regulation 16;"social equity" means affirmative interventions to enable irrigation development, management and regulation responsive to resource poor communities for livelihood support;"strategic programme" means an irrigation programme being undertaken by a government agency involving a cluster of irrigation schemes to achieve a strategic national purpose;"strategic scheme" means an irrigation scheme designated to serve a specified national or county purpose as provided under section 6(2)(c) of the Act;"umbrella association" means an umbrella irrigation water users’ associations established under regulation 70;"unit" means a defined part of an irrigation scheme or service area;"unit representative" means a member elected to represent an irrigation unit at a meeting of the General Assembly;"unrestricted irrigation" means irrigation water quality allowable for production of all crops;"water supply point" means a point at which an association or private entity takes responsibility for the management of irrigation water from a dam, a diversion weir, structure, a gate or turn-out, a canal, a lateral, a hydrant, a well, a spring or a pumping station of a main irrigation system.Source: Kenya Law