Western Australian Consolidated Acts

COUNTRY AREAS WATER SUPPLY ACT 1947 - SECT 42

42 .         Power to enter and examine whether water is wasted etc.

        (1)         Any officer of the Corporation may at all reasonable times, enter upon any land to which water is supplied under this Act, and do all things necessary to ascertain —

            (a)         what quantity of water has been consumed there;

            (b)         whether there has been or is any waste, misuse, fouling or contamination of the water; and

            (c)         whether all fittings with the materials and mode of arrangement thereof used or intended to be used are in accordance with the by-laws and in proper order and repair.

        (2)         When a fitting is not in accordance with the by-laws, or is out of order and repair —

            (a)         the officer of the Corporation may repair or remove it, and if necessary, substitute another in its stead, or may alter the mode of arrangement, as the case requires; and

            (b)         any expense incurred by the Corporation in doing so shall, on demand, be paid by the owner or occupier of the land, and if not paid on demand, may be recoverable by the Corporation in the manner in which water supply charges may be recovered.

        [Section 42 amended by No. 25 of 1985 s. 104; No. 24 of 1987 s. 74; No. 73 of 1995 s. 63.]