Western Australian Current Acts

COUNTRY AREAS WATER SUPPLY ACT 1947 - SECT 9

9 .         Catchment areas and water reserves, constituting etc.

        (1)         For the purposes of this Act, the Governor may, by Order in Council —

            (a)         constitute and define the boundaries of any catchment area or water reserve and give to the catchment area or water reserve such name or designation as may be directed by the Order in Council;

            (b)         alter or extend the boundaries of a catchment area or water reserve;

            (c)         unite 2 or more catchment areas or 2 or more water reserves;

            (ca)         alter the name or designation of a catchment area or water reserve;

            (d)         abolish any catchment area or any water reserve.

        (2)         Until the Governor shall otherwise order, every catchment area and every water reserve constituted under the Goldfields Water Supply Act for the purposes thereof and still so constituted at the commencement of this Act shall be and continue until amended under subsection (1) a catchment area or a water reserve for the purposes of this Act.

        [Section 9 amended: No. 95 of 1978 s. 5.]

[ 10.         Deleted: No. 24 of 1987 s. 63.]