Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this Act,
unless inconsistent with the context —
area or sewerage area means a sewerage area
constituted under this Act;
by-laws means by-laws made under or for the
purposes of this Act;
Corporation means the Water Corporation
established by section 4 of the Water Corporation Act 1995 ;
former Authority means the Water Authority of
Western Australia under the Water Authority Act 1984 2 before the
commencement of Part 2 of the Water Agencies Restructure (Transitional and
Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 1 ;
former Minister means a Minister administering
this Act before, pursuant to the Water Authority Act 1984 2 , the
former Authority became charged with the administration of functions under
this Act, whether in his capacity as a Minister of the Crown or as (pursuant
to section 2 of the Water Supply, Sewerage, and Drainage Act 1912
as read with this Act) a body corporate;
Local Government Act means the Act under which a
local government is constituted;
officer means a member of the staff of the
Corporation engaged under section 15 of the Water Corporation
Act 1995 ;
prescribed means prescribed under the
Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984 for the purposes of this Act or that
Act, as the case requires;
Registrar of Deeds means the Registrar of Deeds
and Transfers under the Registration of Deeds Act 1856 ;
sewerage charge , in relation to land, means a
charge made under the Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984 in respect of that
land relating to the provision of sewerage under this Act;
sewerage works includes the sewers to which this
Act extends, and all treatment works, pumps, pumping stations and machinery,
fittings and things connected therewith, and all land acquired, held or used
for the purposes of this Act in relation to sewerage;
water board means a water board constituted under
the Water Boards Act 1904 , and includes a local government constituted
as a water board.
(2) Terms not
otherwise assigned a meaning under subsection (1) but referred to in
section 3 of the Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984 as having a
meaning assigned for the purposes of a relevant Act have that meaning in and
for the purposes of this Act.
[Section 3 amended by No. 52 of 1964
s. 3; No. 76 of 1978 s. 28; No. 63 of 1981 s. 4;
No. 16 of 1984 s. 3; No. 25 of 1985 s. 160; No. 110
of 1985 s. 70; No. 24 of 1987 s. 108; No. 73 of 1995
s. 67 and 73; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 25 of 2005
s. 16.]
[Heading amended by No. 52 of 1964
s. 4.]