Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT MODEL BY-LAWS (STREET LAWNS AND GARDENS) NO. 11 - REG 6

6 .         Water pipes; damage to pavement

        (1)         Any water pipes laid to a lawn or garden, in a street, shall — 

            (a)         be laid beneath the surface of the street, at a depth of not more than 30 centimetres, nor less than fifteen centimetres, and so that any fitting connected to them does not project above the surface of the lawn or garden;

            (b)         if connected to a public water supply, be laid to comply with the requirements of the body constituted for, and having the control of, that supply under an Act;

            (c)         if connected to a private supply, where passing under road pavement, made footpaths or crossings, be of galvanised, wrought iron or of copper; and

            (d)         have approved valves, located within the property where they are connected to the supply and fitted so as to give complete control of the flow of water from the supply.

        (2)         Where a person, in the course of laying pipes pursuant to this by-law, causes damage to any road pavement, footpath, or crossing, to any water, gas or sewerage pipes, to any power or telephone cables or to a fire hydrant, that damage may be made good, by the authority having the control of the thing damaged, at the expense of that person or of the person on whose behalf the pipes were laid; and the amount of that expense may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

        [By-law 6 amended by Gazette 21 June 1974 p.2096.]