Metropolitan Water Supply, Sewerage, and Drainage Act 1909 (WA)

Western Australia Metropolitan Water Supply, Sewerage, and Drainage Act 1909 Western Australia Metropolitan Water Supply, Sewerage, and Drainage Act 1909 Contents Part I — Preliminary 1. Short title 4 2. Commencement 4 5. Terms used 4 Part II — The Area 6. Constitution of Area 7 7. Altering or extending boundaries of Area 7 Part IV — Water reserves 13. Water reserves and catchment areas 8 14. Water services licensees' power to take water 8 15. Minister's power to take land 9 16. Unauthorised taking of water, offence 9 17. Pollution of water, Minister's powers to prevent 10 Part VI — The protection of underground water 57A. Underground Water Pollution Control Areas 11 57B. By‑laws for pollution areas 11 57C. Dispensation from by‑laws: grant by Minister 12 57D. Dispensation from by-laws: review by SAT 13 Part XI — By‑laws 146. Minister may make by‑laws 15 Part XII — General provisions 149. Notices and demands, form of 16 152A. Limitation period for prosecutions 16 153. Civil remedies not affected by convictions or proceedings 16 156. Obstructing Minister, officers or authorised persons in performance of duty 16 157. Refusing to give up possession of certain property, offence 17 158. Arrest powers 17 158A. General penalty 17 159. Prosecutions 18 165. Proof of ownership or occupancy 18 Notes Compilation table 20 Uncommenced provisions table 26 Other notes 27 Defined terms Western Australia Metropolitan Water Supply, Sewerage, and Drainage Act 1909 An Act to constitute the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage, and Drainage Area; to establish the method of control, and for other purposes incidental thereto. [Long title amended: No. 39 of 1963 s. 3; No. 37 of 1982 s. 4.]

Part I — Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Metropolitan Water Supply, Sewerage, and Drainage Act 1909.