Western Australian Current Acts

COUNTRY AREAS WATER SUPPLY ACT 1947 - SECT 11

11 .         Water in catchment areas and water reserves, a licensee’s powers as to

        (1)         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Water Services Act 2012 , or in any other Act, but subject to subsection (2), a licensee (as defined in the Water Services Act 2012 section 3(1)) may divert, intercept, and store all water coming from the watercourses and other sources within the boundaries of any catchment area or water reserve, and may take any water found on or under the land situated within any such catchment area or water reserve.

        (2)         A licensee shall not exercise the powers conferred by subsection (1) in relation to water to which section 5C of the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914 applies, except under a licence or right granted or conferred under Part III of that Act.

        [Section 11 amended: No. 25 of 1985 s. 88; No. 73 of 1995 s. 46; No. 49 of 2000 s. 83; No. 38 of 2007 s. 7; No. 25 of 2012 s. 8.]