Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) If a building
within a district is constructed wholly, or the external walls or roof of it
are constructed wholly or partially of wood, thatch, canvas, or other
inflammable material, and the building is either internally or externally in
such a state as to be readily ignitable in the event of contact with fire, the
local government may cause immediate written notice to be served on the owner
or occupier of the building notifying him that the building is dangerous by
reason of its liability to ignite, requiring him to remove the building or the
portion specified in the notice as dangerous, within such time as the local
government specifies in the notice and stating the monetary amount the local
government will agree to pay as compensation for the injury which the owner or
occupier will sustain by that removal.
(2) If the owner or
occupier, on whom the local government has caused written notice to be served
pursuant to subsection (1), does not comply with the requisitions in the
notice within 14 days after the service of the notice on him, the local
government shall cause a copy of the notice to be published once in the
Gazette and once in a newspaper circulating in the district.
(3) A person who is
dissatisfied with the requisition of the local government, or the amount of
compensation stated in the notice, may apply to the State Administrative
Tribunal for a review of the decision to make the requisition, the decision as
to the amount of compensation, or each of those decisions.
[Section 417 amended by No. 72 of 1961
s. 24; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 55 of 2004 s. 680.]