Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Where, through a
subdivisional plan or diagram approved by the Western Australian Planning
Commission, a lot is created by subdivision, no water charge is payable to the
Corporation in respect of the lot for the concession period if —
(a) the
lot is not serviced and is not a habitable lot; and
(b) it
was created to be used solely or principally for residential purposes; and
(c) its
area is not more than 2 000 m 2 or, if its area is more than
2 000 m 2 , it is to be used for a building or group of buildings
that —
(i)
is solely for residential purposes; and
(ii)
contains a number of separate residential units.
(2) The concession
period for the lot is the period from when the subdivisional plan or diagram
is approved until —
(a) the
ownership of the lot changes as a result of an agreement for the sale of land;
or
(b) the
lot becomes serviced or becomes a habitable lot; or
(c) one
year passes after the approval.
(3) For the purposes
of this section a lot is serviced if it has a connection to a water service.
(4) This section does
not affect a water charge for any time after the concession period ends.
(5) In this
section —
concession period has the meaning given by
subsection (2);
habitable lot means a lot that has on it a
building that is used, or suitable to be used, for residential purposes;
lot does not include a lot depicted on a strata
plan unless it is a lot in a survey-strata scheme;
subdivision refers to the creation of 2 or more
lots;
water charge means a charge under section 41
relating to the provision by the Corporation of a water service and does not
include an amount required to be paid by way of a contribution to headworks or
for extending a water service or providing a connection to it.
[Section 41GA inserted by No. 12 of 1996
s. 10 8 .]