Western Australian Consolidated Acts

COUNTRY AREAS WATER SUPPLY ACT 1947 - SECT 84

84 .         Power to lease land on which arrears of rates are due

        (1)         When in respect of any land any moneys due for water supply charges or interest thereon have, whether before or after or partly before and partly after the commencement of this Act been unpaid for 3 years or longer, the Corporation may, subject to the conditions hereinafter prescribed and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Transfer of Land Act 1893 , the Land Act 1933 ³ , or the Mining Act 1904-1937 ⁶ , and notwithstanding any change that may have taken place in the meantime in the ownership of the land —

            (a)         take possession of the land;

            (b)         hold the land as against any person interested therein, and

            (c)         from time to time grant leases of the land.

        (2)         Land so taken possession of, held, or leased by the Corporation shall continue to be capable of being the subject of a further water supply charge.

        [Section 84 amended by No. 25 of 1985 s. 132; No. 24 of 1987 s. 100; No. 73 of 1995 s. 63.]