Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

WATER AGENCIES (CHARGES) BY-LAWS 1987 - REG 26

26 .         Metered country non‑residential or commercial residential property sewerage charges

        (1)         Subject to sub‑bylaws (3) and (5) and notwithstanding any other provision of these by‑laws, the minimum charge payable for the current year for the provision of sewerage to a country non‑residential or commercial residential property that has metered water supply is —

            (a)         the charge calculated in accordance with the formula; or

            (b)         the minimum charge payable for relevant number of major fixtures in the current year, as set out in the Table,

                whichever is the greater.

        (2)         Where land classified as country non‑residential or commercial residential property for the whole or part of the current year was not so classified for the whole of the previous year, the Corporation may estimate a notional charge for the previous year, being a charge that would have been payable for that year if —

            (a)         the land had been classified as country non‑residential or commercial residential; and

            (b)         the matters and circumstances currently prevailing had prevailed,

                for the whole of the previous year, and that notional charge shall be regarded as the charge payable in the previous year as set out for the purposes of variable "A" of the formula.

        (3)         Where part of the way through the current year land ceases to be, or becomes, country non‑residential or commercial residential property, the charge payable in respect of that land shall be payable in the same ratio as the part of the year for which the charge applies bears to the full year.

        (4)         Where, for a portion of the current year, in respect of country non‑residential or commercial residential property, there is —

            (a)         a change in the amount of the charges for the current year as a result of an alteration in the method in which the discharge charge is calculated for that property;

            (b)         a change in the amount of the charges for the current year as a result of a change in the number of major fixtures relevant to that property; or

            (c)         an interim valuation under the Valuation of Land Act 1978 reflecting any development or change of use of that land,

                the Corporation may, for the purposes of sub‑bylaw (5), estimate a notional charge for the previous year in respect of that property, being the charge that would have been payable for that year if —

            (d)         the matters and circumstances currently prevailing had prevailed;

            (e)         the method of calculation of the discharge charge currently prevailing had been used;

            (f)         any changed number of major fixtures referred to in paragraph (b) had been provided; and

            (g)         any interim valuation reflecting any development or change in use referred to in paragraph (c) had been made and in force,

                for the whole of that year.

        (5)         A charge payable for the portion of the current year referred to in sub‑bylaw (4) is payable in the same ratio as the portion bears to the full year.

        [By‑law 26 inserted in Gazette 27 Jun 2003 p. 2288-90; amended in Gazette 29 Jun 2007 p. 3253.]