Western Australian Consolidated Acts

RIGHTS IN WATER AND IRRIGATION ACT 1914 - SECT 21A

21A .         Obstruction or interference with watercourse, road etc. not authorised by section 21

        (1)         Section 21 does not authorise a person for the purpose of taking water under that section — 

            (a)         to do anything, or install any works or object, that causes obstruction of or interference to a watercourse or wetland or its bed or banks, unless the person holds a permit granted by the Minister authorising the person to do so; or

            (b)         to do anything, or install any works or object, that causes obstruction or disturbance of or interference with a road or reserve, unless the person is authorised to do so by the body in which the control and management of the road or reserve is vested.

        (2)         The regulations may make provision for the permits referred to in subsection (1)(a), including provision for the matters set out in section 27B.

        [Section 21A inserted by No. 49 of 2000 s. 30; amended by No. 38 of 2007 s. 101(1).]