Western Australian Current Acts

THE COMMONWEALTH OIL REFINERIES, LIMITED (PRIVATE), ACT 1940 - SECT 14

14 .         Payment in lieu of rates etc.

        (1)         The mains, conduits, service pipes, and other works of the company in, on, or under any Crown lands, street, railway, or wharf shall be deemed to be rateable land, but in lieu of the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1906 ¹⁰ , relating to the valuation of land and the making of rates in respect thereof, the company shall pay to the council in each and every year of the company’s operations subsequent to the date on which it shall commence to construct its works and undertakings, a sum of $70.

        (2)         The amount to be paid by the company under this section shall be paid by half-yearly payments, the first of which shall be made on the expiration of 6 months from the date on which the company shall commence to construct its works and undertakings, and shall be in full satisfaction and discharge of all rates and rents, if any, payable to the council in respect of such mains, conduits, service pipes, and other works in, on, or under any Crown lands, street, railway, or wharf as aforesaid, or the easement or rights conferred by this Act with regard to such mains, conduits, service pipes, and other works.

        (3)         In this section council means the mayor and councillors of the municipality of North Fremantle ⁴ .

        [Section 14 amended: No. 113 of 1965 s. 8(1).]