Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) All property
sewers, fixtures and fittings communicating with any sewer shall from time to
time be repaired and cleansed, under the inspection or direction of the
Corporation, at the expense of the owner or occupier of the land in respect of
which the said property sewers shall have been constructed; and in case any
such owner or occupier shall neglect to repair or cleanse any such property
sewer according to the direction of the Corporation, he shall, upon
conviction, for every such offence, be liable to a penalty not exceeding
$1 000.
(2) Subject to any
agreement between the owner and occupier of any premises, the cost of
repairing property sewers, fixtures and fittings shall as between the owner
and occupier, be payable by the owner, and the cost of cleansing property
sewers shall, as between the owner and occupier, be payable by the occupier.
[Section 39 amended by No. 113 of 1965
s. 4(1); No. 16 of 1984 s. 8; No. 25 of 1985 s. 175,
176 and 177; No. 110 of 1985 s. 96; No. 73 of 1995 s. 71;
No. 25 of 2005 s. 24.]