Amendment of Canberra Sewerage and Water Supply Regulations (ACT)

THE TERRITORY FOE THE SEAT

OF GOVERNMENT.

FEDERAL CAPITAL COMMISSION.

R E G U L A T I O N S U N D E R T H E B U I L D I N G A N D S E R V I C E S

O R D I N A N C E 1924-1928.

PU R S U A N T 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 forthwith.

Dated this eighteenth day of December, One thousand nine hundred

and twenty-eight.

The common seal of the Federal Capital Commission was hereunto

duly affixed in the presence of—

T H O S . J . T H O M A S , Commissioner.

(L.S . ) 0 . S. D A L E Y , Secretary.

AMENDMENT OF CANBERRA SEWERAGE AND WATER SUTPLY

REGULATIONS.

Regulation 95 of the Canberra Sewerage and Water Supply Regu-

lations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—.

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

Sewemge and	for the year 1928 in respect of sewerage and water services in the City 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

land; and

(b) the charge for water service 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 i3 supplied to any parcel of land through a meter, the charge for the water supplied may, 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 boon the tenant, occupier or holder of the land for the whole or portion of the year, that person shall bo 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.) Por 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 1928 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 1928, 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 1928."