Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts1 This is a compilation of the Water Boards Act 1904 and
includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the
following table. The table also contains information about any
reprint.
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Short title |
Number and year |
Assent |
Commencement |
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4 of 1904 |
16 Jan 1904 |
16 Jan 1904 |
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19 of 1914 |
22 Sep 1914 |
22 Sep 1914 |
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Water Boards Act Amendment
Act 1918 2 |
4 of 1919 |
3 Jan 1919 |
3 Jan 1919 |
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8 of 1925 |
24 Sep 1925 |
24 Sep 1925 |
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Water Boards Act Amendment
Act 1925 |
16 of 1925 |
4 Nov 1925 |
4 Nov 1925 |
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Water Boards Act Amendment
Act 1928 2 |
26 of 1928 |
27 Dec 1928 |
27 Dec 1928 |
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Water Boards Act Amendment
Act 1937 |
25 of 1937 |
18 Jan 1938 |
18 Jan 1938 |
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Water Boards Act Amendment Act
(No. 2) 1941 |
10 of 1941 |
20 Oct 1941 |
20 Oct 1941 |
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Water Boards Act Amendment
Act 1942 |
6 of 1942 |
31 Oct 1942 |
31 Oct 1942 |
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Water Boards Act Amendment
Act 1947 |
26 of 1947 |
12 Nov 1947 |
12 Nov 1947 |
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Water Boards Act Amendment
Act 1949 |
10 of 1949 |
14 Sep 1949 |
14 Sep 1949 |
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Reprint of the Water Boards Act 1904 approved
23 Feb 1951 in Vol. 5 of Reprinted Acts (includes amendments
listed above) |
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Acts Amendment (Fire Brigades Board and Fire Hydrants)
Act 1951 s. 5 |
41 of 1951 |
20 Dec 1951 |
4 Apr 1952 (see s. 2 and Gazette
4 Apr 1952 p. 799-800) |
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Water Boards Act Amendment
Act 1953 |
32 of 1953 |
18 Dec 1953 |
18 Dec 1953 |
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Limitation Act 1935
s. 48A(1) |
35 of 1935 |
14 Jan 1955 |
Relevant amendments (see s. 48A and Second
Sch. 3) took effect on 1 Mar 1955 (see No. 73 of
1954 s. 2 and Gazette 18 Feb 1955
p. 343) |
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Water Boards Act Amendment
Act 1964 |
32 of 1964 |
4 Nov 1964 |
4 Nov 1964 |
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113 of 1965 |
21 Dec 1965 |
Act other than s. 4-9: 21 Dec 1965 (see
s. 2(1)); |
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Water Boards Act Amendment
Act 1969 |
54 of 1969 |
29 Sep 1969 |
29 Sep 1969 |
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Reprint of the Water Boards Act 1904 approved
18 Aug 1971 (includes amendments listed above) |
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Water Boards Act Amendment
Act 1978 |
51 of 1978 |
6 Sep 1978 |
Act other than s. 4-9: 6 Sep 1978 (see
s. 2(1)); |
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Acts Amendment and Repeal (Valuation of Land)
Act 1978 Pt. XV |
76 of 1978 |
20 Oct 1978 |
1 Jul 1979 (see s. 2 and Gazette
11 May 1979 p. 1211) |
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Water Boards Act Amendment Act
(No. 2) 1978 |
97 of 1978 |
17 Nov 1978 |
15 Dec 1978 (see s. 2) |
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Water Boards Act Amendment
Act 1979 |
44 of 1979 |
25 Oct 1979 |
1 Jul 1979 (see s. 2) |
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Acts Amendment (Statutory Designations) and Validation
Act 1981 s. 4 4 |
63 of 1981 |
13 Oct 1981 |
13 Oct 1981 |
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Acts Amendment (Country Water and Sewerage)
Act 1982 Pt. III |
14 of 1982 |
14 May 1982 |
11 Jun 1982 (see s. 2 and Gazette
11 Jun 1982 p. 1911) |
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Acts Amendment and Repeal (Water Authorities)
Act 1985 Pt. X |
25 of 1985 |
6 May 1985 |
1 Jul 1985 (see s. 2 and Gazette
7 Jun 1985 p. 1931) |
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Acts Amendment (Financial Administration and Audit)
Act 1985 s. 3 |
98 of 1985 |
4 Dec 1985 |
1 Jul 1986 (see s. 2
and Gazette 30 Jun 1986 p. 2255) |
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Acts Amendment (Water Authorities) Act 1985
Pt. IX |
110 of 1985 |
17 Dec 1985 |
14 Mar 1986 (see s. 2 and Gazette
14 Mar 1986 p. 726) |
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R & I Bank Amendment Act 1994
s. 13 |
6 of 1994 |
11 Apr 1994 |
26 Apr 1994 (see s. 2(2) and
Gazette 26 Apr 1994 p. 1743) |
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Bank of Western Australia Act 1995
s. 44(1) |
14 of 1995 |
4 Jul 1995 |
1 Dec 1995 (see s. 2 and Gazette
29 Nov 1995 p. 5529) |
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Water Agencies Restructure (Transitional and
Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 Pt. 9 |
73 of 1995 |
27 Dec 1995 |
1 Jan 1996 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette
29 Dec 1995 p. 6291) |
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Sentencing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1995
Pt. 81 |
78 of 1995 |
16 Jan 1996 |
4 Nov 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette
25 Oct 1996 p. 5632) |
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Taxes and Charges (Land Subdivision) Legislation
Amendment Act 1996 Pt. 4 5, 6 |
12 of 1996 |
28 Jun 1996 |
28 Jun 1996 (see s. 2) |
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Local Government (Consequential Amendments)
Act 1996 s. 4 |
14 of 1996 |
28 Jun 1996 |
1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2) |
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Statutory Corporations (Liability of Directors)
Act 1996 s. 3 |
41 of 1996 |
10 Oct 1996 |
1 Dec 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette
12 Nov 1996 p. 6301) |
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Reprint of the Water Boards Act 1904 as at
4 Nov 1996 (includes amendments listed above except those in the
Statutory Corporations (Liability of Directors)
Act 1996) |
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Transfer of Land Amendment Act 1996
s. 153(1) |
81 of 1996 |
14 Nov 1996 |
14 Nov 1996 (see s. 2(1)) |
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Acts Amendment (Land Administration) Act 1997
Pt. 65 and s. 142 |
31 of 1997 |
3 Oct 1997 |
30 Mar 1998 (see s. 2 and Gazette
27 Mar 1998 p. 1765) |
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Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western
Australia (Consequential Provisions) Act 1998
s. 38 |
42 of 1998 |
4 Nov 1998 |
1 Jan 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette
22 Dec 1998 p. 6833) |
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Water Services Coordination Amendment Act 1999
s. 11(8) |
39 of 1999 |
9 Nov 1999 |
19 Jun 2000 (see s. 2 and Gazette
16 Jun 2000 p. 2939) |
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Land Administration Amendment Act 2000
s. 51 |
59 of 2000 |
7 Dec 2000 |
10 Apr 2001 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette
10 Apr 2001 p. 2073) |
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Reprint 4: The Water Boards Act 1904 as at
3 Jan 2003 (includes amendments listed above) |
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Water Boards Amendment Act 2003 |
22 of 2003 |
23 Apr 2003 |
23 Apr 2003 (see s. 2) |
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Economic Regulation Authority Act 2003
s. 62 |
67 of 2003 |
5 Dec 2003 |
1 Jan 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette
30 Dec 2003 p. 5723) |
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Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004
s. 141 |
59 of 2004 |
23 Nov 2004 |
1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004
p. 7128) |
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State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction)
Amendment and Repeal Act 2004
Pt. 2 Div. 132 7, 8 |
55 of 2004 |
24 Nov 2004 |
1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette
31 Dec 2004 p. 7130) |
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Criminal Law Amendment (Simple Offences) Act 2004
s. 82 |
70 of 2004 |
8 Dec 2004 |
31 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette
14 Jan 2005 p. 163) |
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Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other
Provisions) Act 2004 s. 80 |
84 of 2004 |
16 Dec 2004 |
2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004
p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005
p. 53)) |
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Reprint 5: The Water Boards Act 1904 as at
12 Aug 2005 (includes amendments listed above) |
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60 of 2006 |
16 Nov 2006 |
1 Jan 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette
8 Dec 2006 p. 5369) |
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Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006
Sch. 1 cl. 176 |
77 of 2006 |
21 Dec 2006 |
1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette
19 Jan 2007 p. 137) |
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38 of 2007 |
21 Dec 2007 |
1 Feb 2008 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette
31 Jan 2008 p. 251) |
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Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act
2009 s. 131 |
8 of 2009 |
21 May 2009 |
22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b)) |
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Acts Amendment (Bankruptcy) Act 2009 s.
89 |
18 of 2009 |
16 Sep 2009 |
17 Sep 2009 (see s. 2(b)) |
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Reprint 6: The Water Boards Act 1904 as at
14 May 2010 (includes amendments listed above) |
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Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010
s. 40, 44(2) and 51 |
19 of 2010 |
28 Jun 2010 |
11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette
10 Sep 2010 p. 4341) |
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Public Sector Reform Act 2010
s. 89 |
39 of 2010 |
1 Oct 2010 |
1 Dec 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette
5 Nov 2010 p. 5563) |
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Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2011
s. 16 |
47 of 2011 |
25 Oct 2011 |
26 Oct 2011 (see s. 2(b)) |
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2 The Water Boards Act
Amendment Act 1918 and the Water Boards Act
Amendment Act 1928 which were to be read as one with this Act were repealed
by the Acts Amendment and Repeal (Water Authorities) Act 1985
s. 361.
3 Section 48A and the Second Schedule were inserted by
No. 73 of 1954 s. 5 and 8.
4 The Acts Amendment (Statutory Designations) and Validation
Act 1981 s. 5 was a validation provision that is of no further
effect.
5 The Taxes and Charges (Land Subdivision) Legislation
Amendment Act 1996 s. 13 reads as follows:
13. Application
(1) The amendments made by section 14 apply if the request to defer
payment of an amount in respect of headworks is made after
30 June 1996, regardless of whether the requirement to pay the amount
was imposed before or after this Act commenced.
(2) The amendments made by section 15 apply only in relation to a
charge in respect of a lot created through a subdivisional plan or diagram
approved by the Western Australian Planning Commission after
30 June 1996.
6 The Taxes and Charges (Land Subdivision) Legislation
Amendment Act 1996 Pt. 6 is a review provision that is of
no further effect.
7 The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of
Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State
Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State
Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with
certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this
Act.
8 The State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004
r. 66 reads as follows:
66. Water Boards
Act 1904
(1) In this regulation —
commencement day means the day on which the State
Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal
Act 2004 Part 2 Division 132 comes into operation;
the WB Act means the Water
Boards Act 1904;
Water Board means a Water Board constituted under the
WB Act.
(2) If advice has been given under the WB Act section 87(7) before
the commencement day, on or after the commencement day the advice is to be taken
to refer to the time within which and the manner in which a review of the
decision may be sought.
(3) If a Water Board receives, before the commencement day, a notice in
accordance with the WB Act section 88(1) (as in force when the notice was
received by the Water Board) but does not before the
commencement day refer the objection referred to in the notice to a Land
Valuation Tribunal as an appeal, on and after the commencement day the
Water Board must refer the relevant entry in the rating
records to the State Administrative Tribunal for a review as if the notice were
a notice served on the Water Board under the WB Act
section 88(1).
(4) If a Water Board receives, before the
commencement day, a notice in accordance with the WB Act section 89(1) (as
in force when the notice was received by the Water Board)
but does not before the commencement day refer a decision referred to in the
notice to a Land Valuation Tribunal as an appeal, on and after the commencement
day the Water Board must refer the decision to refuse to
extend time to the State Administrative Tribunal for a review as if the notice
were a notice served on the Water Board under the WB Act
section 89(1).
Defined
Terms
[This is a list of terms defined and
the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the
law.]
Defined
Term Provision(s)
agreement 62C(10)
alleged
offence 162(1)
alleged offender 162(1)
authorised 3(1)
authorised
person 162(1)
Authority 63(1)
board 3(1)
by-laws 3(1)
chairman 3(1)
concession
period 93B(5)
Corporation 3(1)
country land 3(1)
deferred
amount 62C(10)
designated
person 162(1)
developer 62C(10)
district 3(1)
Fire Brigades
Act 63(1)
fire district 63(1)
fire hydrant 63(1)
gross rental
value 76A
habitable lot 62C(10),
93B(5)
headworks 62C(10)
holding 3(1)
infringement
notice 162(1)
lot 62C(10), 93B(5)
member 3(1)
modified
penalty 162(1)
prescribed 162(1)
prescribed amount 10A(2)
prescribed
fee 62D(9)
prescribed person 162(1)
proclaimed day 63(1)
rateable
land 3(1)
ratepayer 3(1)
rating
year 76A
Registrar 62D(9)
re-instatement 63(1)
reticulation 62C(10)
subdivision 93B(5)
the
developer 62B
the subdivider 62A(1)
unimproved value 76A
water
area 3(1)
water board 3(1)
Water Fund 111(1)
water reserve or catchment
area 36(4)
watercourse 3(1)
waterworks 3(1)
works 3(1)