Western Australian Consolidated Acts

WATER BOARDS ACT 1904 - SECT 51

51 .         Local governments to give particulars as to levels

        (1)         Every local government shall, when requested by the water board, give particulars of the ascertained levels of any street or road in which it is proposed to lay any main or other pipe.

        (2)         The local government shall give to the water board at least 48 hours notice, in writing, of its intention to alter the level of any street or road in which pipes are laid down.

        (3)         Upon being given notice under subsection (2) the water board may lower any pipe, and may raise or lower the fittings and covers of any stop cock, valve, or fire plug, and the cost of so doing shall be a debt due by the local government to the water board, and may be recovered in any Court of competent jurisdiction.

        (4)         Any local government failing to give the notice required by subsection (2) shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $1 000.

        [Section 51 amended by No. 113 of 1965 s. 8; No. 110 of 1985 s. 156; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 19 of 2010 s. 51.]