3. Federal Government to have authority for sewerage systems and services.
The Federal Government shall, upon the coming into operation of this Act, have executive authority with respect to all matters relating to sewerage systems and sewerage services throughout Malaysia.
4. Transfer of property for sewerage purposes.
(1) After the Federal Government and-
(a) a local authority;
(b) a State Government; or
(c) a local authority and the relevant State Government, have mutually agreed to the transfer of any moveable or immovable property vested in the local authority or the State Government for purposes of sewerage systems and sewerage services, the Minister may by order published in the Gazette appoint a date and on that date the immovable or moveable property shall be transferred to and vested in the Federal Government in accordance with the terms and conditions mutually agreed to by the parties concerned.
(2) Where any property, not being State land, vested in a local authority or State Government for purposes of sewerage systems and sewerage services immediately prior to the coming into operation of this Act is needed for those purposes under this Act but no agreement is reached between the parties referred to in subsection (1) with respect to the transfer of that property, the property may be acquired by the Federal Government-
(a) in the case of land, in accordance with any written law relating to the acquisition of land for a public purpose; and
(b) in the case of any other property, upon payment of adequate compensation;
and for the purposes of the law referred to in paragraph (a), the land shall be deemed to be needed for a public purpose.
(3) Any property transferred to the Federal Government under subsection (1) or acquired by the Federal Government under subsection (2) shall vest in the Federal Government without any conveyance, assignment or transfer and shall be so vested for the like title, estate or interest and on the like tenure as the property was vested before the transfer or acquisition.
(4) Where any property is vested under this section in the Federal Government, all rights enjoyed wholly or mainly in connection with that property and all liabilities arising wholly or mainly from that property before the vesting date shall, as from the vesting date, be transferred to and vested in the Federal Government.