Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Minister has
responsibility for the over-all administration of the system of arterial
drainage and of arterial drainage works comprised within the Scheme,
notwithstanding that the control, management and care of any particular
arterial drain or any portion thereof, or responsibility for particular works
may for the time being be vested in some other person or body.
(2) A main drain may
be, or comprise a portion of, an arterial drain.
(3) This Act does not
vest in the Minister the control, management or care of an arterial drain or
proposed arterial drain.
(4) The Minister
shall —
(a)
determine what drains shall be designated arterial drains, and what proposed
drains should be designated as arterial drains, and assign names to them
respectively;
(b)
delineate the point of commencement, route and point of termination of
arterial drains on a specified plan or plans;
(c)
indicate the nature and size of the arterial drains;
(d)
notify in writing, accompanied by a copy of a relevant plan, the Corporation
and the local government of each district in which an arterial drain or
proposed arterial drain is, or is to be, situated of the designation of that
drain as an arterial drain;
(e)
invite submissions from the Corporation and the local governments affected
within such reasonable time as is specified in the notice of designation; and
(f)
review, and, as may be necessary, amend from time to time the designations
made.
(5) In so far as the
course of an arterial drain or proposed arterial drain may traverse more than
one district, and may affect the community or the environment, the Minister
shall endeavour to evolve and coordinate measures to ensure the most
practicable manner of control, management and care of the drain within the
concept of an integrated scheme of drainage.
[Section 99 inserted by No. 101 of 1982
s. 15; amended by No. 73 of 1995 s. 88; No. 14 of 1996
s. 4; No. 38 of 2007 s. 29.]