Western Australian Current Regulations

ROTTNEST ISLAND REGULATIONS 1988 - REG 61

61 .         Water supply facilities, protection of

        (1)         A person shall not throw, deposit or leave any refuse or any noxious or polluting substance or thing — 

            (a)         in any — 

                  (i)         reservoir or tank that holds or is intended to hold water for human consumption or use on the Island; or

                  (ii)         pipe, conduit or fitting through which such water is passed or intended to be passed; or

                  (iii)         pit, manhole or other structure containing valves, meters, fittings or connections for the distribution of such water;

                or

            (b)         on any water catchment area on the Island.

        Penalty: a fine of $1 000.

        (2)         A person shall not swim, bathe or wash in any reservoir or tank containing water stored for human consumption or use on the Island.

        Penalty: a fine of $1 000.

        (3)         In subregulation (1) water catchment area means any area within which surface water is collected into a storage reservoir or tank for human consumption or use and — 

            (a)         which is by order of the Authority published in the Gazette declared to be a water catchment area for the purposes of that subregulation; and

            (b)         in or in the vicinity of which there are sufficient signs indicating to the public that the area is a water catchment area.

        [Regulation 61 amended: Gazette 22 Sep 2015 p. 3863.]