Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Without prejudice
to the generality of that power, the power conferred by section 37 of the
Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984 to make regulations may be exercised to
make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by
this Part to be prescribed, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed,
for giving effect to the purposes of this Part and, in particular as
to —
[(a)-(d) deleted]
(e) well
licences, and artesian and non-artesian wells subject to licensing;
(f) the
furnishing of information as to wells;
(g) the
forms to be used and the fees payable in respect of applications and the
grant, variation and renewal of licences under section 26D;
(ga)
charges that are to be paid by the holder of an operating licence (water
supply services) or an operating licence (irrigation services) under the
Water Services Licensing Act 1995 in respect of water taken under a
licence issued under this Act; and
(h) the
fees or charges payable in respect of licences under section 5C;
(i)
generally, the implementation of the licensing schemes
provided for in this Part.
(2) Without limiting
the generality of paragraph (ga) of
subsection (1) —
(a) the
charges referred to in that paragraph may be in the form of a royalty for
water taken under a licence; and
(b) the
volume of water so taken may be measured —
(i)
at the point where it is taken; or
(ii)
at a point that is as close as is practicable to the
point at which it is diverted from its source and where measuring facilities
can practicably be located.
(3) Without limiting
the generality of paragraph (h) of subsection (1) the fees or
charges referred to in that paragraph may be set by reference to the volume of
water allocated under a licence.
[Section 27 inserted by No. 119 of 1984
s. 3; amended by No. 25 of 1985 s. 279 and 288; No. 73 of
1995 s. 119, 138 and 140; No. 10 of 1998 s. 63; No. 49 of
2000 s. 42 and 66; No. 67 of 2003 s. 62; No. 38 of 2007
s. 76.]