New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COLLARENEBRI WATER SUPPLY ACT 1968 - SECT 3

3 Dissolution of the Trust and transfer of the works to the Council

(1) The Trust is hereby dissolved.

(2) The administration and management of the works exercisable by the Trust under the Water Act 1912 , as subsequently amended, immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be exercisable by the Council.

(3) The provisions of the Local Government Act 1919 , as subsequently amended, shall apply to the works and to the Council in respect of the works.

(4) All real and personal property, including all books and documents and all right and interest therein, which immediately before the commencement of this Act were vested in or belonged to the Trust shall vest in and belong to the Council.

(5) All rates, charges, moneys and liquidated and unliquidated claims which immediately before the commencement of this Act were payable to or recoverable by the Trust shall respectively be rates, charges, moneys and liquidated and unliquidated claims payable to or recoverable by the Council.

(6) Rates and charges made and levied by the Trust and unpaid at the commencement of this Act may be increased by the Council in the same manner as the Trust might have done but for this Act.

(7) All suits, actions and proceedings pending immediately before the commencement of this Act at the suit of the Trust shall respectively be suits, actions and proceedings pending at the suit of the Council.

(8) All contracts, agreements and undertakings entered into with and all securities lawfully given to or by the Trust and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall respectively be deemed to be contracts, agreements and undertakings entered into with and securities given to or by the Council.

(9) The Council may pursue the same remedies for the recovery of any rates, charges, moneys and claims and for the prosecution of any suits, actions and proceedings as the Trust might have done but for this Act.

(10) The Council may enforce and realise any security or charge existing immediately before the commencement of this Act in favour of the Trust in respect of any rates, charges, moneys and claims as if the security or charge were existing in favour of the Council.

(11) All debts due and moneys payable by the Trust and all claims, liquidated or unliquidated, recoverable against the Trust shall be debts due, moneys payable by and claims recoverable against the Council.

(12) All liquidated and unliquidated claims in connection with the works for which the Trust would, but for this Act, have been liable shall be liquidated and unliquidated claims for which the Council shall be liable.

(13) No attornment by a lessee of any land vested in the Council by this section shall be necessary.