Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) When an owner or
occupier ceases to be the owner or occupier of the land in respect of which a
water supply charge, not being a charge according to the quantity of water
supplied, is made before the end of the period in respect of which the charge
was made, the owner or occupier shall, as between himself and the succeeding
owner or occupier, be liable to pay a portion only of the charge payable for
the whole of the period proportionate to the time during which he continued to
be the owner or occupier.
(2) Any person who is
the occupier or the owner of the land during the remainder of the period
shall, as between himself and the preceding owner or occupier, be liable to
pay a portion of the charge in proportion to the time during which he is such
owner or occupier.
(3) Notwithstanding
subsection (1) or subsection (2), any water supply charge made in
respect of the land shall remain payable and the amount thereof may be
recovered by the Corporation from the owner or occupier for the time being
without regard to any change in the ownership or occupation of the land.
(4) Where any land
that is, as one property, subject to a water supply charge for a period has
been divided between 2 or more owners or occupiers any such charge, not being
a charge according to the quantity of water supplied, shall as between the
respective owners or occupiers, or both, and for the purposes of this section,
be deemed to be apportionable between the different portions of the holding or
land on the basis of the respective values or areas, according to the method
of assessment adopted, of those portions.
[Section 78 amended by No. 43 of 1979
s. 4; No. 25 of 1985 s. 132; No. 110 of 1985 s. 66;
No. 24 of 1987 s. 94; No. 73 of 1995 s. 63.]