Land Drainage (Validation) Act 1996

Western Australia

An Act to validate certain rates made and levied under the Land Drainage Act 1925.

[Assented to 15 July 1996.]

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

1.Short title

This Act may be cited as the Land Drainage (Validation) Act 1996.

2.Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3.Validation

(1)The Land Drainage Act 1925 is taken to have authorized the making and levying of any rate particularized in a notice to which this section applies, and each of those rates is taken to be, and to always have been, validly made and levied under that Act and to be recoverable accordingly.

(2)This section applies to the notices published in the Gazette on —

(a)22 July 1985 at p. 2564;

(b)27 June 1986 at p. 2125;

(d)4 July 1988 at p. 2178;

(e)7 July 1989 at p. 2076;

(f)6 July 1990 at p. 3317;

(g)5 July 1991 at pp. 3380‑1; and

(h)6 July 1992 at p. 3077,

particularizing the resolution of the Western Australian Water Authority as to rates, and stating that the Minister for Water Resources has approved the resolution.

Notes

1. This is a compilation of the Land Drainage (Validation) Act 1996 and includes the amendments effected by the other Acts referred to in the following Table 1a.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Land Drainage (Validation) Act 1996	26 of 1996	15 July 1996	15 July 1996 (see section 2)

1aOn the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Water Services Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2012 s. 198(b) 2	25 of 2012	3 Sep 2012	To be proclaimed (see s. 2(b))

2On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Water Services Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2012 s. 198(b) had not come into operation. It reads as follows:

198.Drainage legislation repealed

These written laws are repealed:

(b)the Land Drainage (Validation) Act 1996;