Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) No person shall
suffer any waste or stagnant water to remain in any cellar or premises in or
about any dwelling-house for 24 hours after notice given and served upon him
by the local government or its officer to remove same.
(2) If the local
government has reason to suspect that there is any waste or stagnant water in
or about any house or premises, such local government, after 24 hours’
notice, in writing, to the occupier or owner of such house may direct its
officers to make entry into or upon such house or premises, and cause any
floor or portion thereof to be opened up in order to ascertain whether there
is in or about any such house any waste or stagnant water; if there is no
waste or stagnant water found underneath any floor so removed, such local
government shall cause to be repaired and made good any such floor or portion
thereof so removed as aforesaid; but if there is found any waste or stagnant
water under any such floor, then in such case all expenses incurred in the
removal and repair of such floor or portion thereof shall be chargeable to the
owner of the house or premises, and may be recovered from such owner as
hereinafter provided.
(3) Before any waste
or stagnant water having an offensive smell is emptied from any cellar or
other premises, the occupier of such premises shall cause such water to be
thoroughly deodorised.
[Section 88, formerly section 68, renumbered as
section 88: No. 38 of 1933 s. 42; amended: No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]