WATERWORKS ACT 1932

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--Preliminary

• 1 Short title
• 3 Acts consolidated and repealed
• 4 Interpretation
• 5 Acquisition of land
• 5A Validation etc

PART 1A--The Minister

• 5B Minister may delegate

PART 2--Constitution of water districts

• 6 Water districts

PART 3--Regulations and powers of Corporation

• 10 Regulations
• 12 Power of Minister to do certain acts and execute certain works
• 13 Reversion of lands to councils
• 14 Construction of accommodation works
• 15 Power to break up streets
• 16 Notice before breaking up streets
• 17 Reinstatement of streets
• 18 Delay in reinstating streets
• 19 Power of other persons to reinstate streets
• 20 Power to take temporary possession of land
• 21 Duty of Corporation to separate lands before using them
• 22 Compensation for temporary occupation
• 23 Vesting of waterworks etc in Corporation

PART 4--Supply of water and protection of fittings and works

• 27 Free supply for public purposes within Port Adelaide
• 28 Duty of Corporation to fix public fireplugs in the mains
• 29 Fireplugs for manufactories etc
• 30 Duty to keep pipes charged
• 31 Duty to distribute constant supply of water
• 31A Power to use water for any district
• 32 Power to cut off water supply from unoccupied land
• 33 Power to lessen or discontinue supply
• 33A Restrictions on the use of water
• 34 Supply to groups of houses
• 35 Supply of water
• 35A Reduction in water supply to cope with demand
• 36 Power to erect stand pipes and sell water
• 37 Power to make agreement to supply water by measure
• 38 Prohibition against laying gaspipes and tramrails
• 39 Power of Corporation to let meters etc
• 40 Fixing, repairing, or interfering with meter
• 41 Power to charge use of meter
• 42 Procedure on failure of meter
• 43 Interfering with or by-passing meter
• 44 Duty of consumer to keep pipes and fittings within his premises in repair
• 45 Alteration etc to pipes, fittings etc
• 46 Use of fittings
• 47 Powers of entry and inspection
• 48 Exemption of pipes and fittings from distress
• 49 Unauthorised fittings
• 50 Penalty for breaking fittings
• 51 Duty to give notice before paving street etc
• 52 Penalty for contravention of Act
• 53 Penalty for wasting water etc
• 54 Power to cut off or reduce water supply
• 55 Unlawfully taking water
• 56 Pollution of streams etc
• 57 Allowing contaminated water to flow into streams
• 58 Reduction and prevention of the pollution of water
• 59 Waste material from gasworks
• 60 Pollution caused by gasmaker
• 61 Power to examine gaspipes to ascertain cause of water being fouled
• 62 Injury to or obstruction of works
• 63 Penalty for illegally diverting water
• 64 Penalty for destroying works
• 65 Entry onto land of the Corporation

PART 5--Rates

Division 1--Rates

• 65A Interpretation
• 65B Composition of rates
• 65C Declaration of rates etc by Minister
• 65CAA Related principles
• 65CA Save the River Murray levy

Division 3--General

• 66A Capital value of land
• 67 Right to recover rates not to be suspended
• 69 Reduction of rates
• 84 Power to reduce water rates
• 86 Right to Corporation to treat separate holdings as a single parcel of ratable land and vice versa
• 86A Liability for rates in strata scheme
• 86AA Liability for rates where land divided by community plan
• 86B Sharing water use charges in certain circumstances
• 87 Recovery of money by Corporation
• 88 Exemption from rates
• 90 Gazetted mains
• 91 Provisions where several houses supplied by one pipe
• 92 Power of Corporation to give notice to occupiers to pay rents when water rates payable by owner are in arrear
• 93 Recovery of amounts due to Corporation
• 94 Time for payment of water rates etc
• 95 Recovery of rates
• 96 Power of tenant paying water rates or other charges due by his landlord to recover same
• 97 Power of tenant to recover portion of water rate or other charges in certain cases
• 98 Power to sell land
• 99 Power of lessee to recover half cost of service pipes etc when lease has less than five years to run

PART 6--Save the River Murray Fund

• 100 Save the River Murray Fund

PART 7--Power to lease certain waterworks

• 106 Power to lease
• 107 Power to accept surrenders
• 108 Powers of lessees
• 109 Rating powers of lessees

PART 8--Miscellaneous

• 109A Certain work may be carried out by owner
• 109B Capital contribution where capacity of waterworks increased
• 111 Time for commencement of prosecutions
• 112 Register of meters to be prima facie evidence
• 112A Certificate of Corporation
• 113 Persons liable to penalties
• 116 Tender of amends
• 118 Gazette to be evidence in certain cases
• 119 Evidence
• 119A Validation of certain surcharges
• 120 Existence of communication pipes and meter evidence of contract
• 121 Tod River and Coonalpyn Downs water district
Legislative history The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows: