Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The owner or
occupier of land not situated within a water area may request the water board
of the water area closest to that land to supply water to that land.
(2) On receiving a
request made under subsection (1), the water board may —
(a) with
the approval of the Minister, comply with that request on and subject to such
terms and conditions as it thinks fit; or
(b)
refuse that request.
(3) Whenever the water
board complies with a request made under subsection (1), it may construct
all necessary works for supplying water to the land concerned.
[(4) deleted]
(5) Any land to which
a water board supplies water under this section and the owner and occupier of
that land shall, while that land is so supplied, be subject to the provisions
of this Act as modified by the terms and conditions referred to in
subsection (2) in the same manner as if that land were situated within
the water area concerned.
(6) The water board
may, for the purpose of supplying the land concerned with water, employ works
and fittings of such nature, size and description as it thinks fit.
[Section 62 inserted by No. 97 of 1978
s. 6; amended by No. 25 of 1985 s. 345.]