Water Corporations Act 1995. País/Territorio Australia Subdivisión territorial Western Australia Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 1995 (2016) Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Título completoAn 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. Materia Agua Palabra clave Institución Alcantarillado Abastecimiento de agua Negocios/industria/corporaciones Reciclado/reutilización Ordenación comunitaria Área geográphica Asia y Pacifico, Australia y Nueva Zelandia, Océano Índico, Oceania, Pacífico Sur Entry into force notes This Act enters into force on 1 January 1996. Resumen 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. Texto completo Inglés Página web www7.austlii.edu.au