Western Australian Consolidated Acts

WATER SERVICES LICENSING ACT 1995 - SECT 44A

44A .         Power of public authority to grant certain interests

        (1)         In this section —

        public authority means —

            (a)         a Minister of the State;

            (b)         an agency, authority or instrumentality of the State or a local government; or

            (c)         a body, whether corporate or unincorporate, that is established or continued for a public purpose by or under a written law and prescribed for the purposes of this definition;

        relevant interest means a lease, easement, licence or other authority necessary or expedient to enable the licensee to construct, alter, operate or maintain water services works.

        (2)         A public authority may grant to a licensee, on such terms and conditions as are agreed between the authority and the licensee, a relevant interest in respect of land held by the public authority in fee simple.

        [Section 44A inserted by No. 25 of 2005 s. 65.]