Western Australian Consolidated Acts

RIGHTS IN WATER AND IRRIGATION ACT 1914 - SECT 79

79 .         Proof of ownership or occupancy

                In any legal proceedings under the Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984 or this Act, in addition to any other method of proof available — 

            (a)         evidence that the person proceeded against has been charged as owner or occupier of any land; or

            (b)         evidence by the certificate, in writing, of — 

                  (i)         the Registrar of Deeds and Transfers, that any person appears from any memorial of registration of any deed, conveyance or other instrument to be the owner of any land;

                  (ii)         the Registrar of Titles, or any assistant registrar, that any person’s name appears in the Register under the Transfer of Land Act 1893 , or the Transfer of Land Act Amendment Act 1909 , as proprietor of any land; or

                  (iii)         the chief executive officer of the department principally assisting in the administration of the Land Administration Act 1997 or of the department principally assisting in the administration of the Mining Act 1978 , that any person is registered in the department as the occupier or lessee of any land,

                shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence that such person is the owner or occupier, as the case may be, of such land.

        [Section 79 amended by No. 25 of 1985 s. 327; No. 24 of 1987 s. 155; No. 73 of 1995 s. 140; No. 81 of 1996 s. 153(1); No. 57 of 1997 s. 105(2); No. 60 of 2006 s. 151; No. 19 of 2010 s. 51; No. 47 of 2011 s. 16.]