Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) No person
shall —
(a)
erect any house; or
(b)
rebuild any house which has been pulled down to or below the ground floor;
(c)
occupy any house so erected or rebuilt,
unless or until such
drains (if any) as the local government deems necessary for the effectual
drainage of the house are provided to the satisfaction of the local
government.
(2) Subject to the
express provisions of section 72 the drain or drains so to be constructed
shall empty into some sewer of the local government which is within 91 metres
from the curtilage of the house to be built or rebuilt; or, if no such means
of draining are within that distance, shall, subject to the local laws, empty
into such place within that distance, not being under any house, as the local
government directs.
(3) Any person who
causes any house to be erected or rebuilt, or any drain to be constructed,
contrary to the provisions of this section commits an offence.
[Section 82 inserted by No. 38 of 1933
s. 39 and 42; amended by No. 113 of 1965 s. 8(1); No. 94
of 1972 s. 4(1) (as amended by No. 83 of 1973 s. 4); No. 80 of
1987 s. 8; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]