Country Areas Water Supply Act 1947 (WA)

Western Australia Country Areas Water Supply Act 1947 Western Australia Country Areas Water Supply Act 1947 Contents Part I — Preliminary 1. Short title and commencement 2 5. Terms used 2 Part II — Country water areas, and water reserves 9. Catchment areas and water reserves, constituting etc. 5 11. Water in catchment areas and water reserves, a licensee's powers as to 5 11A. Penalty for diverting or taking water 6 12. Pollution in catchment areas and water reserves, Minister's powers to prevent 6 Part IIA — Control of catchment areas 12A. Controlled land, altering extent of; application of this Part 8 12AA. Terms used 8 12B. Clearing controlled land, offence 9 12BA. Memorial on land title as to possible liability to s. 12B(2) restoration order 10 12BB. Memorial on land title as to restoration order 11 12BC. Memorial under s. 12BA or 12BB, removal of 12 12BD. Restoration order, Minister's powers if contravened 12 12BE. Injunctions as to clearing controlled land 13 12C. Exceptions to s. 12B; clearing licences, grant of etc. 14 12D. Decisions as to clearing licences, review of by SAT 17 12E. Compensation for injurious affection due to clearing prohibition, claims for etc.; acquisition of affected land etc. 17 12EA. Memorial on land title as to compensation paid 21 12EB. Land acquired or transferred under s. 12E etc., dealing with 21 12EC. Disputes as to injurious affection etc., determining 23 12ED. Entering land, powers as to 24 12EE. Evidentiary provisions 25 12F. Regulations for this Part 26 12G. Validation 26 Part VIII — By‑laws 105. Matters for which by-laws may be made 28 Part IX — Miscellaneous 108. Unknown owner or occupier, content of notices etc. in case of 29 109. Notices bind persons claiming under owner or occupier 29 111. Civil remedies not affected by prosecution 29 112. Obstructing Minister, officers or authorised persons in performance of duty 29 113. Refusing to give up possession of works, offence 30 114. Arrest, power of without warrant 30 115. Prosecutions, commencing etc. 30 120. Ownership or occupancy, proof of 31 121. Certificate of CEO evidence of certain facts 32 Schedule 2 — Controlled land Notes Compilation table 34 Uncommenced provisions table 39 Other notes 40 Defined terms Western Australia Country Areas Water Supply Act 1947 An Act to safeguard water supplies, to repeal the Goldfields Water Supply Act 1902‑1942 1, and for other incidental purposes. [Long title amended: No. 81 of 1976 s. 3; No. 25 of 2012 s. 4.]