Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Water Act 1989 - SECT 147

Notice to connect

147. Notice to connect



(1) An Authority may, by notice to the owner of a serviced property, require
the owner-

   (a)  to connect the property to the Authority's works; or

   (b)  to remove any existing connection between that property and the
        Authority's works; or

   (c)  to carry out any work that the Authority considers necessary for the
        provision of the service-

within the time specified in the notice, or any longer time allowed by the
Authority.

(2) An Authority may, by notice to the owners of a group of properties,
require the owners to connect the properties by a combined connection to the
Authority's works within the time specified in the notice, or any longer time
allowed by the Authority.

(3) A notice under subsection (1) or (2) must be served on the owner of each
property required to be connected.

(4) The owner of a property to which a notice applies must comply with the
notice within the time specified, or any longer time allowed by the Authority.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

(5) If an owner of a property to which a notice applies does not comply with
the notice within the time specified, or any longer time allowed by the
Authority, the Authority may-

   (a)  do the things the owner was required by the notice to do; and

   (b)  recover from the owner its reasonable costs of doing so, other than
        costs that are prescribed to be the responsibility of the Authority.

(6) An Authority must not by notice under this section require an owner of
property to connect the property to works of the Authority for the supply of
recycled water.