Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) For the purposes
of this Act, the Governor may by Order in Council —
(a)
constitute any defined portion of the State to be a country water area under
such name or designation as may be directed by the Order in Council;
(b)
alter or extend the boundaries of a country water area;
(c)
unite 2 or more country water areas;
(d)
divide a country water area and reconstitute the several parts thereof as new
country water areas with or without the inclusion of part or parts of another
country area or other country water areas, or any adjacent land;
(e)
include within a country water area any adjacent land;
(f)
alter the name of any country water area;
(g)
abolish a country water area.
(2) Each portion of
the State which immediately prior to the commencement of this Act constituted
a water area within the meaning of that expression as used in the Goldfields
Water Supply Act is, subject to amendment under subsection (1), hereby
constituted a country water area.
[Section 8 amended by No. 66 of 1964
s. 5; No. 19 of 2010 s. 54(3).]