Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A person shall not
allow drainage waters to escape from his land, except through a drainage inlet
structure provided by the former Minister, the former Authority or the
Corporation.
(2) Where the
Corporation is of the opinion that, for the drainage or better drainage of a
parcel of land, it is necessary to construct, clean or maintain a drain on the
land, the Corporation may serve notice on the owner requiring him, within a
time therein specified, to do such of those things as the case may require;
and where the requirement is for the construction of a drain, the notice shall
specify the nature of the drain and direction in which it is to be
constructed.
(3) Where the owner of
land fails, within the time therein specified, to comply with a notice served
pursuant to sub‑bylaw (2), the Corporation may carry out the work
required by the notice to be done and may recover the cost of the work in any
court of competent jurisdiction.
[By‑law 11A inserted in Gazette
14 Jun 1967 p. 1585; amended in Gazette 19 Jul 1985
p. 2505‑6; 29 Dec 1995 p. 6328 and 6329.]