Amendment of Canberra Sewerage and Water Supply Regulations (ACT)

THE TERRITORY FOR THE SEAT OF

GOVERNMENT.

FEDERAL CAPITAL COMMISSION.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE BUILDING AND SERVICES

ORDINANCE 1924-1928.

PURSUANT to the powers conferred upon it by the Building and Services Ordinance 1924-1928, the Federal Capital Commission, appointed under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1924- 1926, hereby makes the following Regulation to come into operation as from the first day of January, 1929.

Dated this twenty-second day of January, One thousand nine

hundred and twenty-nine.

The common seal of the Federal Capital Commission was

(L.S.) hereunto duly affixed in the presence of—

J. H. BUTTERS, Chief Commissioner.

C. S. DALEY, Secretary.

AMENDMENT OF CANBERBA SEWEEAGE AND "WATER SUPPLY

REGULATIONS.

After Regulation 95 of the Canberra Sewerage and "Water Supply

Regulations the following Regulation is inserted:—

" 95A. (1) Subject to this regulation, the charges to be made for charges for

the year 1929 in respect of sewerage and water services in the City "^ta^'ato.

land; and

Area shall be as follows:—

(a) the charge for sewerage service in respect of each parcel
of land shall be at the rate of twopence halfpenny for
each pound of the unimproved capital value of the

(b) the charge for water in -respect of each parcel of land shall be at the rate of threepence halfpenny for each pound of the unimproved capital value of the land;

Provided that the minimum charge for water service
under this sub-regulation shall be Ten shillings.

" ( 2 ) Where water is supplied to any parcel of land through a meter, the charge for the water supplied shall, in lieu of the charge prescribed by the last preceding sub-regulation, be at the rate of One shilling and threepence per thousand gallons shown by the meter to have been consumed:

Provided that the minimum charge under this sub-regulation shall be One pound.

" (3) The lessee of the parcel of land shall be liable to pay the charges made by this regulation in respect of that land, and, where any person other than the lessee is or has been the tenant, occupier or holder of the land for the whole or portion of the year, that person shall be liable to pay the charges for the year or that portion of the year during which he was the tenant, occupier or holder of the land, and the charges may be recovered accordingly in any court of competent jurisdiction;

Provided that the charges in respect of any one period shall not be recoverable both from the lessee and from any other person.

" (4) For the purposes of this regulation the unimproved capital value of the land shall be the unimproved capital value of the land as assessed for the year 1929 in pursuance of the provisions of the Rates Ordinance 1926 as amended by any other Ordinance.

" (5) Where a lease of a parcel of land has commenced during the year 1929, the amount of the charges payable by the lessee under this regulation shall be proportionately reduced:

Provided that this sub-regulation shall not apply to any lease granted in substitution for another lease which commenced before the year 1929."