Western Australian Consolidated Acts

WATER BOARDS ACT 1904 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Water Boards Act 1904 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
Water Boards Act 1904	4 of 1904	16 Jan 1904	16 Jan 1904
Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914 s. 40(4)	19 of 1914	22 Sep 1914	22 Sep 1914
Water Boards Act Amendment Act 1918 5	4 of 1919	3 Jan 1919	3 Jan 1919
Ministers’ Titles Act 1925	8 of 1925	24 Sep 1925	24 Sep 1925
Water Boards Act Amendment Act 1925	16 of 1925	4 Nov 1925	4 Nov 1925
Water Boards Act Amendment Act 1928 5	26 of 1928 (as amended by No. 19 of 1973 s. 4)	27 Dec 1928	27 Dec 1928
Water Boards Act Amendment Act 1937	25 of 1937	18 Jan 1938	18 Jan 1938
Water Boards Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1941	10 of 1941	20 Oct 1941	20 Oct 1941
Water Boards Act Amendment Act 1942	6 of 1942	31 Oct 1942	31 Oct 1942
Water Boards Act Amendment Act 1947	26 of 1947	12 Nov 1947	12 Nov 1947
Water Boards Act Amendment Act 1949	10 of 1949	14 Sep 1949	14 Sep 1949
Reprint of the Water Boards Act 1904 approved 23 Feb 1951 in Vol. 5 of Reprinted Acts (includes amendments listed above)
Acts Amendment (Fire Brigades Board and Fire Hydrants) Act 1951 s. 5	41 of 1951	20 Dec 1951	4 Apr 1952 (see s. 2 and Gazette 4 Apr 1952 p. 799-800)
Water Boards Act Amendment Act 1953	32 of 1953	18 Dec 1953	18 Dec 1953
Limitation Act 1935 s. 48A(1)	35 of 1935 (as amended by No. 73 of 1954 s. 8)	14 Jan 1955	Relevant amendments (see s. 48A and Second Sch. 6) took effect on 1 Mar 1955 (see No. 73 of 1954 s. 2 and Gazette 18 Feb 1955 p. 343)
Water Boards Act Amendment Act 1964	32 of 1964	4 Nov 1964	4 Nov 1964
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))
Water Boards Act Amendment Act 1969	54 of 1969	29 Sep 1969	29 Sep 1969
Reprint of the Water Boards Act 1904 approved 18 Aug 1971 (includes amendments listed above)
Water Boards Act Amendment Act 1978	51 of 1978	6 Sep 1978	Act other than s. 4-9: 6 Sep 1978 (see s. 2(1)); s. 4-9: 15 Dec 1978 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 15 Dec 1978 p. 4691-2)
Acts Amendment and Repeal (Valuation of Land) Act 1978 Pt. XV	76 of 1978	20 Oct 1978	1 Jul 1979 (see s. 2 and Gazette 11 May 1979 p. 1211)
Water Boards Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1978	97 of 1978	17 Nov 1978	15 Dec 1978 (see s. 2)
Water Boards Act Amendment Act 1979	44 of 1979	25 Oct 1979	1 Jul 1979 (see s. 2)
Acts Amendment (Statutory Designations) and Validation Act 1981 s. 4 7	63 of 1981	13 Oct 1981	13 Oct 1981
Acts Amendment (Country Water and Sewerage) Act 1982 Pt. III	14 of 1982	14 May 1982	11 Jun 1982 (see s. 2 and Gazette 11 Jun 1982 p. 1911)
Acts Amendment and Repeal (Water Authorities) Act 1985 Pt. X	25 of 1985	6 May 1985	1 Jul 1985 (see s. 2 and Gazette 7 Jun 1985 p. 1931)
Acts Amendment (Financial Administration and Audit) Act 1985 s. 3	98 of 1985	4 Dec 1985	1 Jul 1986 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jun 1986 p. 2255)
Acts Amendment (Water Authorities) Act 1985 Pt. IX	110 of 1985	17 Dec 1985	14 Mar 1986 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 Mar 1986 p. 726)
R & I Bank Amendment Act 1994 s. 13	6 of 1994	11 Apr 1994	26 Apr 1994 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 26 Apr 1994 p. 1743)
Bank of Western Australia Act 1995 s. 44(1)	14 of 1995	4 Jul 1995	1 Dec 1995 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Nov 1995 p. 5529)
Water Agencies Restructure (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 Pt. 9	73 of 1995	27 Dec 1995	1 Jan 1996 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 29 Dec 1995 p. 6291)
Sentencing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 Pt. 81	78 of 1995	16 Jan 1996	4 Nov 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Oct 1996 p. 5632)
Taxes and Charges (Land Subdivision) Legislation Amendment Act 1996 Pt. 4 8, 9	12 of 1996	28 Jun 1996	28 Jun 1996 (see s. 2)
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4	14 of 1996	28 Jun 1996	1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)
Statutory Corporations (Liability of Directors) Act 1996 s. 3	41 of 1996	10 Oct 1996	1 Dec 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 12 Nov 1996 p. 6301)
Reprint of the Water Boards Act 1904 as at 4 Nov 1996 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Statutory Corporations (Liability of Directors) Act 1996)
Transfer of Land Amendment Act 1996 s. 153(1)	81 of 1996	14 Nov 1996	14 Nov 1996 (see s. 2(1))
Acts Amendment (Land Administration) Act 1997 Pt. 65 and s. 142	31 of 1997	3 Oct 1997	30 Mar 1998 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Mar 1998 p. 1765)
Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia (Consequential Provisions) Act 1998 s. 38	42 of 1998	4 Nov 1998	1 Jan 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 22 Dec 1998 p. 6833)
Water Services Coordination Amendment Act 1999 s. 11(8)	39 of 1999	9 Nov 1999	19 Jun 2000 (see s. 2 and Gazette 16 Jun 2000 p. 2939)
Land Administration Amendment Act 2000 s. 51	59 of 2000	7 Dec 2000	10 Apr 2001 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 10 Apr 2001 p. 2073)
Reprint 4: The Water Boards Act 1904 as at 3 Jan 2003 (includes amendments listed above)
Water Boards Amendment Act 2003	22 of 2003	23 Apr 2003	23 Apr 2003 (see s. 2)
Economic Regulation Authority Act 2003 s. 62	67 of 2003	5 Dec 2003	1 Jan 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Dec 2003 p. 5723)
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. 132 10, 11	55 of 2004	24 Nov 2004	1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)
Criminal Law Amendment (Simple Offences) Act 2004 s. 82	70 of 2004	8 Dec 2004	31 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 Jan 2005 p. 163)
Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 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))
Reprint 5: The Water Boards Act 1904 as at 12 Aug 2005 (includes amendments listed above)
Land Information Authority Act 2006 s. 165	60 of 2006	16 Nov 2006	1 Jan 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 8 Dec 2006 p. 5369)
Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 s. 17	77 of 2006	21 Dec 2006	1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)
Water Resources Legislation Amendment Act 2007 s. 201	38 of 2007	21 Dec 2007	1 Feb 2008 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 31 Jan 2008 p. 251)
Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009 s. 131	8 of 2009	21 May 2009	22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b))

Acts Amendment (Bankruptcy) Act 2009 s. 89

18 of 2009

16 Sep 2009

17 Sep 2009 (see s. 2(b))

² Now see Department within the meaning of the Transfer of Land Act 1893.

³ Footnote no longer applicable.

⁴ Under the Alteration of Statutory Designations Order 2003 a reference in any law to the Department of Mines is to be read and construed as a reference to the Department of Industry and Resources and its administrative head is called the Director General.

⁵ The Water Boards Act Amendment Act 1918 and the Water Boards Act Amendment Act 1928 which were to be read as one with this Act were repealed by the Acts Amendment and Repeal (Water Authorities) Act 1985 s. 361.

⁶ Section 48A and the Second Schedule were inserted by No. 73 of 1954 s. 5 and 8.

⁷ The Acts Amendment (Statutory Designations) and Validation Act 1981 s. 5 was a validation provision that is of no further effect.

⁸ The Taxes and Charges (Land Subdivision) Legislation Amendment Act 1996 s. 13 reads as follows:

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13. Application

(1) The amendments made by section 14 apply if the request to defer payment of an amount in respect of headworks is made after 30 June 1996, regardless of whether the requirement to pay the amount was imposed before or after this Act commenced.

(2) The amendments made by section 15 apply only in relation to a charge in respect of a lot created through a subdivisional plan or diagram approved by the Western Australian Planning Commission after 30 June 1996.

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⁹ The Taxes and Charges (Land Subdivision) Legislation Amendment Act 1996 Pt. 6 is a review provision that is 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. 66 reads as follows:

“

66. Water Boards Act 1904

(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 132 comes into operation;

the WB Act means the Water Boards Act 1904;

Water Board means a Water Board constituted under the WB Act.

(2) If advice has been given under the WB Act section 87(7) before the commencement day, on or after the commencement day the advice is to be taken to refer to the time within which and the manner in which a review of the decision may be sought.

(3) If a Water Board receives, before the commencement day, a notice in accordance with the WB Act section 88(1) (as in force when the notice was received by the Water Board) 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 Water Board must refer the relevant entry in the rating records to the State Administrative Tribunal for a review as if the notice were a notice served on the Water Board under the WB Act section 88(1).

(4) If a Water Board receives, before the commencement day, a notice in accordance with the WB Act section 89(1) (as in force when the notice was received by the Water Board) 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 Water Board 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 Water Board under the WB Act section 89(1).

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