Health Act Amendment Act 1959 (WA)

1959.] Health. [No. 22.

HEALTH.

8° Elizabeth II., No. XXII.

No. 22 of 1959.

AN ACT to amend the Health Act, 1911-1957.

[Assented to 8th October, 1959.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Health Act aSnha rcti

Amendment Act, 1959.

(2) In this Act the Health Act, 1911-1957, is	Vol. 11 of
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referred to as the principal Act.

Acts.

Approved for

reprint, 5th

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act June, 1957.

may be cited as the Health Act, 1911-1959.

No. 22.] Health. [1959.

S. 100 am.

2. Section one hundred of the principal Act is

amended

(a)	by adding after the word, "Gazette" being the last word in the proviso to subsection (2), the words, "but the provisions of this proviso do not apply in respect of any house which is the property of the Crown in right of the State";
(b)	by adding after the word, "thereof" being the last word in subsection (3), the passage, ", but where the Crown is liable for payment of the expenses under an agreement, the expenses are not a charge on the land and may be recovered by the local authority, if they are not repaid in accordance with the terms of the agreement, as a debt in any court of competent jurisdiction"; and
(c)	by adding a subsection as follows

(4) (a) In this section the expression, "owner" includes the Crown in right of the State and where the Crown is the owner of any premises the expression, "apparatus for the bacteriolytic treat- ment of sewage" includes any buildings, fittings, works or appliances used or required for ablutionary purposes.

(b) The reference to the Crown in this

section does not imply that the Crown is

bound by the other provisions of this Act.