South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WATERWORKS ACT 1932

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   3.      Acts consolidated and repealed
   4.      Interpretation
   5.      Acquisition of land
   5A.     Validation etc

   PART 1A--The Minister

   5B.     Minister may delegate

   PART 2--Constitution of water districts

   6.      Water districts

   PART 3--Regulations and powers of Corporation

   10.     Regulations
   12.      Power of Minister to do certain acts and execute certain works
   13.     Reversion of lands to councils
   14.     Construction of accommodation works
   15.     Power to break up streets
   16.     Notice before breaking up streets
   17.     Reinstatement of streets
   18.     Delay in reinstating streets
   19.     Power of other persons to reinstate streets
   20.     Power to take temporary possession of land
   21.     Duty of Corporation to separate lands before using them
   22.     Compensation for temporary occupation
   23.     Vesting of waterworks etc in Corporation

   PART 4--Supply of water and protection of fittings and works

   27.     Free supply for public purposes within Port Adelaide
   28.     Duty of Corporation to fix public fireplugs in the mains
   29.     Fireplugs for manufactories etc
   30.     Duty to keep pipes charged
   31.     Duty to distribute constant supply of water
   31A.    Power to use water for any district
   32.     Power to cut off water supply from unoccupied land
   33.     Power to lessen or discontinue supply
   33A.    Restrictions on the use of water
   34.     Supply to groups of houses
   35.     Supply of water
   35A.    Reduction in water supply to cope with demand
   36.     Power to erect stand pipes and sell water
   37.     Power to make agreement to supply water by measure
   38.     Prohibition against laying gaspipes and tramrails
   39.     Power of Corporation to let meters etc
   40.     Fixing, repairing, or interfering with meter
   41.     Power to charge use of meter
   42.     Procedure on failure of meter
   43.     Interfering with or by-passing meter
   44.     Duty of consumer to keep pipes and fittings within his premises in repair
   45.     Alteration etc to pipes, fittings etc
   46.     Use of fittings
   47.     Powers of entry and inspection
   48.     Exemption of pipes and fittings from distress
   49.     Unauthorised fittings
   50.     Penalty for breaking fittings
   51.     Duty to give notice before paving street etc
   52.     Penalty for contravention of Act
   53.     Penalty for wasting water etc
   54.     Power to cut off or reduce water supply
   55.     Unlawfully taking water
   56.     Pollution of streams etc
   57.     Allowing contaminated water to flow into streams
   58.     Reduction and prevention of the pollution of water
   59.     Waste material from gasworks
   60.     Pollution caused by gasmaker
   61.     Power to examine gaspipes to ascertain cause of water being fouled
   62.     Injury to or obstruction of works
   63.     Penalty for illegally diverting water
   64.     Penalty for destroying works
   65.     Entry onto land of the Corporation

   PART 5--Rates

           Division 1--Rates

   65A.    Interpretation
   65B.    Composition of rates
   65C.    Declaration of rates etc by Minister
   65CAA.  Related principles
   65CA.   Save the River Murray levy

           Division 3--General

   66A.    Capital value of land
   67.     Right to recover rates not to be suspended
   69.     Reduction of rates
   84.     Power to reduce water rates
   86.     Right to Corporation to treat separate holdings as a single parcel of ratable land and vice versa
   86A.    Liability for rates in strata scheme
   86AA.   Liability for rates where land divided by community plan
   86B.    Sharing water use charges in certain circumstances
   87.     Recovery of money by Corporation
   88.     Exemption from rates
   90.     Gazetted mains
   91.     Provisions where several houses supplied by one pipe
   92.     Power of Corporation to give notice to occupiers to pay rents when water rates payable by owner are in arrear
   93.     Recovery of amounts due to Corporation
   94.     Time for payment of water rates etc
   95.     Recovery of rates
   96.     Power of tenant paying water rates or other charges due by his landlord to recover same
   97.     Power of tenant to recover portion of water rate or other charges in certain cases
   98.     Power to sell land
   99.     Power of lessee to recover half cost of service pipes etc when lease has less than five years to run

   PART 6--Save the River Murray Fund

   100.    Save the River Murray Fund

   PART 7--Power to lease certain waterworks

   106.    Power to lease
   107.    Power to accept surrenders
   108.    Powers of lessees
   109.    Rating powers of lessees

   PART 8--Miscellaneous

   109A.   Certain work may be carried out by owner
   109B.   Capital contribution where capacity of waterworks increased
   111.    Time for commencement of prosecutions
   112.    Register of meters to be prima facie evidence
   112A.   Certificate of Corporation
   113.    Persons liable to penalties
   116.    Tender of amends
   118.    Gazette to be evidence in certain cases
   119.    Evidence
   119A.   Validation of certain surcharges
   120.    Existence of communication pipes and meter evidence of contract
   121.    Tod River and Coonalpyn Downs water district
           Legislative history
           The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
           follows: