Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts All expenses incurred
by the local government in making any sewer or drain through or under private
land, and in compensation and costs, shall be repaid to the local government
—
(a) in
the case of drainage of private land or premises, by the owner thereof; and
(b) in
the case of the drainage of any street, road, or way, by the owner of the land
and premises fronting or abutting thereon, if the local government shall so
require; and
(c) as
between several owners, in such proportions as the local government may fix,
and shall be
recoverable in a court of competent jurisdiction.
[Section 84, formerly section 64, renumbered as
section 84: No. 38 of 1933 s. 42; amended: No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 59 of 2004
s. 141.]