Western Australian Consolidated Acts

COUNTRY AREAS WATER SUPPLY ACT 1947 - SECT 39A

39A .         Water works, acquisition of by Corporation

        (1)         The Corporation may, at the request of a person or local government and with the approval of the Minister, acquire from the person or local government the whole or part of any water works of the person or local government and all or any property used in connection with those water works on and subject to such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed.

        (2)         The Corporation shall cause notice of the fact of any acquisition made under subsection (1) to be published in the Government Gazette .

        (3)         As and from the date of the publication referred to in subsection (2), the water works and property concerned shall, by force of this subsection and without any conveyance, transfer or assignment, be transferred to and vested in the Corporation and shall be deemed to be water works under and for the purposes of this Act.

        [Section 39A inserted by No. 95 of 1978 s. 15; amended by No. 25 of 1985 s. 104 and 112; No. 73 of 1995 s. 63; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]