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Water Corporations Act 1995.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Western Australia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1995 (2016)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to establish, and to provide for the establishment of, corporations with the function of providing water services, and with functions necessary for and related to that purpose, and for connected purposes.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Institution Sewerage Water supply Business/industry/corporations Recycling/reuse Community management
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on 1 January 1996.
Abstract

This Act, consisting of 94 sections divided into six Parts and completed by five Schedules, establishes corporations with the function of providing water services. The Act specifies composition, duties and responsibilities of the Water Corporations. The functions of a corporation are: a) to acquire, store, treat, distribute, market and otherwise supply water for any purpose; b) to collect, store, treat, market and dispose of wastewater and surplus water; c) to undertake, maintain and operate any works, system, facilities, apparatus or equipment required for any purpose referred to in paragraph (a-b); d) to use its expertise and resources to provide consultative, advisory or other services for profit; e) to develop and turn to account any technology, software or other intellectual property that relates to a function referred to in paragraph (a-c); f) to manufacture and market any product or by product that relates to a function referred to in paragraph (a-e). It is also a function of a corporation: a) to use or exploit its fixed assets for profit so long as the proper performance of its functions under paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1) are not affected; and to do anything that it is authorized to do by any other written law.

Full text
English
Website
www7.austlii.edu.au