Western Australian Consolidated Acts

WATER BOARDS ACT 1904 - SECT 49

49 .         Roads not to be broken up except under superintendence of local government

                In cases in which a notice is required to be given, a road shall not, except in case of emergency, be opened or broken up except under the superintendence of the local government having control thereof or its employee:

                Provided that if the employee of the local government, after such notice, fails to attend at the time fixed for the opening or breaking up of the road, or if the local government or its employee refuses or neglects to superintend the work, the water board may perform the work specified in the notice without such superintendence.

        [Section 49 amended by No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]