Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The water board
may turn or cut off or reduce the available rate of flow of the water
supply —
(a) if
the land to which water is supplied is unoccupied; or
(b) when
any rates or moneys due for water supplied, or agreed to be supplied, or any
rent or charges for any meter or other fittings remain unpaid for 7 days
after they become due; or
(c) if
the occupier refuses to permit a meter to be attached to any pipe on his land;
or
(d) if a
person or local government (being the owner or occupier of the land) fails to
comply with the requirements of, or his or its obligations under,
section 62B; or
(e) if
the occupier commits or permits any breach of any of the provisions of this
Act or the by-laws thereunder.
(2) Turning or cutting
off or reducing the available rate of flow of the water shall be a cumulative
remedy for enforcing payment of water rates or other moneys due, and shall not
relieve the owner or occupier from liability in respect thereof.
(3) Where under this
section the water board has turned or cut off or reduced the available rate of
flow of the water supply to land, the water board may, before restoring the
water supply to land, require payment of the amount of such charges as the
water board may from time to time determine in respect of —
(a) the
turning or cutting off or the reduction; and
(b) the
restoration of the water supply.
[Section 60 inserted by No. 14 of 1982
s. 23; amended by No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]