Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Corporation
may turn or cut off or reduce the available rate of flow of the supply of
water to any land —
(a) if
such land is unoccupied; or
(b) when
any water supply charges remain unpaid for 30 days after they become due;
or
(c) when
any person refuses or neglects, after demand, to pay all water supply charges
due and payable by that person to the Corporation; or
(d) if
the occupier refuses to permit a meter to be attached to any pipe on his land;
or
(da) if
a person or local government (being the owner or occupier of that land) fails
to comply with the requirements of, or his or its obligations under,
section 67 of the Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984 ; or
(e) if
the owner or occupier commits or permits any breach of any of the provisions
of this Act or the by-laws thereunder.
(2) Turning or cutting
off or reducing the available rate of flow of the supply of water shall be a
cumulative remedy for enforcing payment of moneys referred to in
subsection (1) and shall not relieve the owner or occupier from liability
in respect thereof and the failure of the Corporation to supply water where
supply has been turned or cut off, or the available rate of flow has been
reduced, for any of the reasons set out in subsection (1) does not
entitle any person to a rebate under section 39.
(3) Where under this
section the Corporation has turned or cut off or reduced the available rate of
flow of the supply of water to land, the Corporation may, before restoring the
water supply to the land —
(a)
require the payment of —
(i)
such fees as may be prescribed in respect of the turning
or cutting off or reduction of the water supply and the restoration of the
water supply; or
(ii)
such greater amount as in the opinion of the Corporation
approximates the actual cost of turning or cutting off or reduction and the
restoration of the water supply,
as the Corporation may
in each case specify; or
(b)
require arrangements satisfactory to the Corporation to be made for the
payment of the amount specified under paragraph (a).
[Section 33 amended by No. 97 of 1981
s. 5; No. 14 of 1982 s. 10; No. 25 of 1985 s. 104;
No. 110 of 1985 s. 42; No. 24 of 1987 s. 71; No. 73
of 1995 s. 63 and 65; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]
[ 34. Deleted by No. 25 of 1985
s. 108.]