Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Without affecting
any proceeding against or liability of any local government for an offence
under section 44 if that local government has not, in the opinion of an
inspector or authorised person, complied with a direction contained in a
notice served on it under section 43 he may enter the land to which the
notice relates and carry out all or any of the requirements of the direction,
and the expense of doing so, together with interest at the prescribed rate,
shall be a debt due by the local government to the Protection Board and may be
sued for and recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(2) For the purposes
of subsection (1), if a notice under section 43 has been served on 2
or more local governments, the expense incurred under subsection (1) in
carrying out the requirements of the direction contained in the notice shall
be recoverable from those local governments in the proportions fixed by the
notice.
[Section 45 amended by No. 14 of 1996
s. 4.]