Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts It shall not be lawful
for any person, upon land which is so situated as not to admit of being
drained by gravitation into an existing sewer, to erect any building to be
used wholly or in part as a dwelling-house, or to adapt any building to be
used wholly or in part as a dwelling-house, except with the permission of the
local government and subject to and in accordance with such local laws as the
local government may from time to time prescribe.
The local government
may by such local laws —
(a)
prohibit the erection of dwelling-houses or the adaptation of any buildings
for use as dwelling-houses on such land, or any defined area or areas of such
land;
(b)
regulate the erection of dwelling-houses or the adaptation of buildings for
use as dwelling-houses on such land, or any defined area or areas of such
land;
(c)
prescribe the level at which the under side of the lowest floor of any
permitted building shall be placed on such land, or any defined area of such
land, and as to the provision to be made and maintained by the owner for
securing efficient and proper drainage of the buildings.
[Section 85, formerly section 65, renumbered as
section 85: No. 38 of 1933 s. 42; amended: No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]