The mains, conduits
and service pipes of the company in, on, or under any Crown lands, street,
railway, or wharf shall be deemed to be rateable land, but in lieu of the
provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1906 8 , relating to the
valuation of land and the making of rates in respect thereof, the company
shall pay to the Council in each and every year of the company’s
operations subsequent to the date on which it shall commence to construct its
works and undertakings, a sum of $70.
The amount to be paid
by the company under this section shall be paid by half-yearly payments, the
first of which shall be made on the expiration of 6 months from the date on
which the company shall commence to construct its works and undertakings, and
shall be in full satisfaction and discharge of all rates and rents, if any,
payable to the council in respect of such mains, conduits and service pipes
in, on, or under any Crown lands, street, railway, or wharf as aforesaid or
the easement or rights conferred by this Act with regard to such mains,
conduits and service pipes.
In this section
Council means the Mayor and Councillors of the Municipality of North Fremantle
4 .
[Section 14 amended: No. 113 of 1965 s. 8(1).]