Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts In every case where
the local government has undertaken or contracted for the execution of any of
the works referred to in section 112, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The
work shall be executed promptly, efficiently, and at regular and prescribed
intervals, to the satisfaction of the Chief Health Officer and the local
government.
(b) If
in respect of any house-premises default made in executing any such work
efficiently or at the prescribed intervals, and by reason thereof, refuse,
rubbish, or sewage has accumulated, or any sanitary convenience or drain is
offensive or is not cleansed, the occupier of the house may serve notice
thereof on the local government.
(c) If
the notice is served as aforesaid, the local government shall forthwith inform
the contractor (if any).
(d) If
such notice is served on the local government, then, unless within 48 hours
after the service the requisite work is done and the cause of complaint is
removed, the person in default commits an offence.
(e) In
paragraph (d) the person in default means the contractor if the work is being
executed by contract, or the officer in charge of the work if it is being
executed by the local government.
[Section 116, formerly section 97, renumbered as
section 116: No. 38 of 1933 s. 42; amended: No. 113 of 1965 s. 8(1); No. 102
of 1973 s. 13; No. 28 of 1984 s. 45; No. 80 of 1987 s. 22; No. 14 of 1996 s.
4; No. 19 of 2016 s. 100.]