Western Australian Consolidated Acts

WATER SERVICES LICENSING ACT 1995 - SECT 3

3 .         Interpretation

                In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears — 

        Authority means the Economic Regulation Authority established by the Economic Regulation Authority Act 2003 ;

        Board means the Plumbers Licensing Board established by section 59;

        controlled area means an area for the time being constituted as such under section 11(1);

        department means the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act;

        inspector means a member of the Authority or a person designated as an inspector under section 47;

        irrigation means any method of — 

            (a)         causing water from a watercourse, water services works or an artificial collection of water to flow upon and spread over land; or

            (b)         applying water to land from a watercourse, water service works or an artificial collection of water,

        for the purpose of cultivation of any kind or of tillage or improvement of pasture;

        licence  —

            (a)         in Schedule 3, means a licence under the regulations; and

            (b)         otherwise, means an operating licence;

        licensee means the holder of an operating licence;

        operating licence means a licence granted for the purposes of section 18;

        plumber means a person who carries out plumbing work as defined in section 59I;

        Registrar of Deeds means the Registrar of Deeds and Transfers under the Registration of Deeds Act 1856 ;

        watercourse means — 

            (a)         any river, creek, stream or brook, whether artificially improved or altered or not;

            (b)         any conduit that wholly or partially diverts a river, creek, stream or brook from its natural course and forms part of that river, creek, stream or brook; or

            (c)         any natural collection of water into, through, or out of which any thing referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) flows, whether artificially improved or altered or not,

        in which water flows or is contained whether permanently, intermittently or occasionally, together with the bed and banks of any thing referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c);

        water services means water supply, sewerage, irrigation or drainage services;

        water services works includes — 

            (a)         waterworks, sewerage works, drainage works and irrigation works;

            (b)         excavations, structures, buildings, equipment and plant used or intended to be used for the provision of any water services; and

            (c)         except where the context otherwise requires, land upon which water services works are constructed or provided.

        [Section 3 amended by No. 39 of 1999 s. 5; No. 67 of 2003 s. 62; No. 25 of 2005 s. 64.]

        [Heading inserted by No. 67 of 2003 s. 62.]