Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) No person
shall suffer any waste or stagnant water to remain in any cellar or premises
in or about any dwelling-house for 24 hours after notice given and served
upon him by the local government or its officer to remove same.
(2) If the local
government has reason to suspect that there is any waste or stagnant water in
or about any house or premises, such local government, after
24 hours’ notice, in writing, to the occupier or owner of such
house may direct its officers to make entry into or upon such house or
premises, and cause any floor or portion thereof to be opened up in order to
ascertain whether there is in or about any such house any waste or stagnant
water; if there is no waste or stagnant water found underneath any floor so
removed, such local government shall cause to be repaired and made good any
such floor or portion thereof so removed as aforesaid; but if there is found
any waste or stagnant water under any such floor, then in such case all
expenses incurred in the removal and repair of such floor or portion thereof
shall be chargeable to the owner of the house or premises, and may be
recovered from such owner as hereinafter provided.
(3) Before any waste
or stagnant water having an offensive smell is emptied from any cellar or
other premises, the occupier of such premises shall cause such water to be
thoroughly deodorised.
[Section 88 amended by No. 14 of 1996
s. 4.]