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LAND DRAINAGE ACT 1925 - NOTES

Notes

1 This reprint is a compilation as at 5 April 2007 of the Land Drainage Act 1925 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Land Drainage Act 1925

43 of 1925
(16 Geo. V No. 43)

31 Dec 1925

1 Jul 1926 (see s. 1 and Gazette 7 May 1926 p. 945)

Land Drainage Act Amendment Act 1941

43 of 1941
(5 & 6 Geo. VI No. 43)

2 Jan 1942

2 Jan 1942

Limitation Act 1935 s. 48A(1)

35 of 1935
(26 Geo. V No. 35)
(as amended by No. 73 of 1954 s. 8)

14 Jan 1955

Relevant amendments (see s. 48A and Second Sch. 8) took effect on 1 Mar 1955 (see No. 73 of 1954 s. 2 and Gazette 18 Feb 1955 p. 343)

Decimal Currency Act 1965

113 of 1965

21 Dec 1965

Act other than s. 4-9: 21 Dec 1965 (see s. 2(1));
s. 4-9: 14 Feb 1966 (see s. 2(2))

Reprint of the Land Drainage Act 1925 approved 22 May 1967 in Vol. 21 of Reprinted Acts (includes amendments listed above)

Land Drainage Act Amendment Act 1972

73 of 1972

16 Nov 1972

16 Nov 1972

Land Drainage Act Amendment Act 1977

14 of 1977

11 Oct 1977

11 Oct 1977

Land Drainage Act Amendment Act 1978

38 of 1978

29 Aug 1978

Act other than s. 5-7 and 13: 29 Aug 1978 (see s. 2(1));
s. 5-7 and 13: 1 Dec 1978 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 17 Nov 1978 p. 4276)

Acts Amendment and Repeal (Valuation of Land) Act 1978 Pt. VIII

76 of 1978

20 Oct 1978

1 Jul 1979 (see s. 2 and Gazette 11 May 1979 p. 1211)

Acts Amendment (Statutory Designations) and Validation Act 1981 s. 2 and 4

63 of 1981

13 Oct 1981

13 Oct 1981

Land Drainage Amendment Act 1983 9

41 of 1983

1 Dec 1983

1 Dec 1983

Acts Amendment and Repeal (Water Authorities) Act 1985 Pt. VIII

25 of 1985

6 May 1985

1 Jul 1985 (see s. 2 and Gazette 7 Jun 1985 p. 1931)

Acts Amendment (Water Authorities) Act 1985 Pt. VII

110 of 1985

17 Dec 1985

Pt. VII, other than s. 111(b) and 113: 14 Mar 1986 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 Mar 1986 p. 726);
s. 111(b) and 113: 1 Jul 1986 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 Mar 1986 p. 726)

Financial Administration Legislation Amendment Act 1993 s. 11

6 of 1993

27 Aug 1993

1 Jul 1993 (see s. 2(1))

Land Drainage Amendment Act 1994

33 of 1994

8 Jul 1994

8 Jul 1994 (see s. 2)

Water Agencies Restructure (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 Pt. 5

73 of 1995

27 Dec 1995

1 Jan 1996 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 29 Dec 1995 p. 6291)

Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4

14 of 1996

28 Jun 1996

1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2(1))

Reprint of the Land Drainage Act 1925 as at 15 Jul 1996 (includes amendment listed above) (correction in Gazette 3 Dec 1996 p. 6686)

Transfer of Land Amendment Act 1996 s. 153(2)

81 of 1996

14 Nov 1996

14 Nov 1996 (see s. 2(1))

Acts Amendment (Land Administration) Act 1997 Pt. 36

31 of 1997

3 Oct 1997

30 Mar 1998 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Mar 1998 p. 1765)

Statutes (Repeals and
Minor Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1998 s. 41

10 of 1998

30 Apr 1998

30 Apr 1998 (see s. 2(1))

Reprint 3: The Land Drainage Act 1925 as at 21 Mar 2003 (includes amendment listed above)

Sentencing Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 s. 75

50 of 2003

9 Jul 2003

15 May 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 May 2004 p. 1445)

Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 141

59 of 2004

23 Nov 2004

1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)

State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 68 10, 11

55 of 2004

24 Nov 2004

1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)

Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 78 and 80

84 of 2004

16 Dec 2004

2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))

Land Information Authority Act 2006 s. 141

60 of 2006

16 Nov 2006

1 Jan 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 8 Dec 2006 p. 5369)

Reprint 4: The Land Drainage Act 1925 as at 5 Apr 2007 (includes amendment listed above)

2 Now known as the Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984. Short title changed by the Water Agencies Restructure (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 s. 7.

3 The Water Agencies Restructure (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 Pt. 2 commenced 1 Jan 1996.

4 Repealed by the Land Administration Act 1997.

5 The Acts Amendment and Repeal (Water Authorities) Act 1985 s. 217 and 226 read as follows: 
“
217. Principal Act

In this Part, the Land Drainage Act 1925 is referred to as the principal Act.

226. Part IV repealed

The principal Act is amended by repealing Part IV comprising sections 15 to 59 and the heading.

”.

This section has been construed as repealing Parts IV and V.

6 Repealed by the University Legislation Amendment Act 2000.

7 This section was repealed by the Land Drainage Amendment Act 1994.

8 Section 48A and the Second Schedule were inserted by the Limitation Act Amendment Act 1954 s. 8.

9 The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1983 s. 4(2) and 6(2) are transitional provisions that are of no further effect.

10 The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

11 The State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 54 reads as follows:

“

54. Land Drainage Act 1925

(1) In this regulation —

commencement day means the day on which the State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Part 2 Division 68 comes into operation;

Corporation has the meaning given to that term in the LD Act section 6(1);

the LD Act means the Land Drainage Act 1925.

(2) If the Corporation receives, before the commencement day, a notice in accordance with the LD Act section 99(1) (as in force when the notice was received by the Corporation) but does not before the commencement day refer the objection referred to in the notice to a Land Valuation Tribunal as an appeal, on and after the commencement day the Corporation must refer the relevant entry in the records to the State Administrative Tribunal for a review as if the notice were a notice served on the Corporation under the LD Act section 99(1).

(3) If the Corporation receives, before the commencement day, a notice in accordance with the LD Act section 99A(1) (as in force when the notice was received by the Corporation) but does not before the commencement day refer a decision referred to in the notice to a Land Valuation Tribunal as an appeal, on and after the commencement day the Corporation must refer the decision to refuse to extend time to the State Administrative Tribunal for a review as if the notice were a notice served on the Corporation under the LD Act section 99A(1).

(4) If a notice has been given under the LD Act section 98(6) before the commencement day, on or after the commencement day the notice is to be taken to refer to the time within which and the manner in which a review of the decision may be made be sought.

”.