Western Australian Current Acts

HEALTH (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1911 - SECT 353

353 .         Power to take possession of and lease land or premises on which expenses are due

                Where any land or premises are unoccupied and any expenses incurred by the local government in respect of such land or premises under the provisions of this Act have been unpaid for 3 years, the local government may take possession of such land or premises and may hold the same as against any person interested therein; and all the provisions of the Local Government Act 1995 enforceable by the local government for the recovery of rates by the letting or sale of the land shall apply and be deemed to be incorporated with this Act, and the powers and duties thereby conferred and imposed may be exercised and shall be observed by the local government accordingly.

        [Section 353, formerly section 277, renumbered as section 353: No. 38 of 1933 s. 42; amended: No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]