Kambalda Water and Wastewater Facilities (Transfer to Water Corporation) Act 2004 (WA)

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Kambalda Water and Wastewater Facilities (Transfer to Water Corporation) Act 2004

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Kambalda Water and Wastewater Facilities (Transfer to Water Corporation) Act 2004 ContentsPart 1 — Preliminary1 — Short title2. Commencement 23. Terms used in this Act 24. Kambalda area defined 35. Kambalda Water and Wastewater Facilities described 3Part 2 — Transfer to the Water CorporationDivision 1 — Transfer of facilities and certain rights6. Ownership of facilities 57. Rights to payment for services provided 58. Other rights 59. Liabilities not to pass 6Division 2 — Incidental and related matters10. Pipes and other things taken to have been put in place by the Water Corporation 611. Compensation not payable 712. Recovery of amounts owing for services provided 7Division 3 — Transitional provisions13. Licences and other authorities under written laws 814. Completion of things commenced 9Part 3 — Notifications on title as to location of pipes and works15. Terms used in this Part 1016. Steps to be taken for recording of notifications 1017. Exception where land is not a lot 1118. Wording of notification 1219. Recording of notification 1220. Replacement of deposited plans and notifications 1321. Amendment or removal of notification 1322. Cost of complying with section 16(1) and (2) 14Part 4 — General23. Agreements on incidental matters 1524. Saving 15Schedule 1 — Kambalda areaDivision 1 — Division 2 — Map Grid of Australia coordinatesSchedule 2 — Treated wastewater pipelineNotesCompilation table — Compilation tableDefined terms

Western Australia

Kambalda Water and Wastewater Facilities (Transfer to Water Corporation) Act 2004

Kambalda Water and Wastewater Facilities (Transfer to Water Corporation) Act 2004

No. 64 of 2004

An Act —

to transfer ownership of the Kambalda Water and Wastewater Facilities and certain associated rights to the Water Corporation;

to apply section 84 of the Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984 to pipes and other things that are part of those facilities; and

to make incidental and related provisions.

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1 – Preliminary1.Short title

This Act may be cited as the Kambalda Water and Wastewater Facilities (Transfer to Water Corporation) Act 2004.

2.Commencement

This Act comes into operation on a day fixed by proclamation.

3.Terms used in this Act

In this Act —

commencement day means the day on which this Act comes into operation;

coordinates means Map Grid of Australia 1994 grid coordinates in Zone 51 of the Universal Transverse Mercator Grid System based on the Geocentric Datum of Australia;

Kambalda area has the meaning given by section 4;

Kambalda Water and Wastewater Facilities or the transferred facilitieshas the meaning given by section 5;

pipe means a main, reticulation or service pipe used for water supply or sewerage services, and includes —

  • (a)

    any plug, stop‑cock, water‑cock, syphon, branch or apparatus used in connection with such pipe; and

  • (b)

    any part of a pipe;

Water Corporation means the Water Corporation established by the Water Corporations Act 1995 section 4(1);

WMC Resources Ltd means the company incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth as WMC Resources Ltd (ACN 004 184 598);

works includes excavations, buildings, structures, plant and equipment.

[Section 3 amended: No. 25 of 2012 s. 219.]

4.Kambalda area defined
  • (1)

    The Kambalda area is the area defined by notional straight lines on the surface of the Earth connecting the points identified by numbers on the plan in Schedule 1 Division 1 starting at point number 1, moving in a clockwise direction and ending at that point.

  • (2)

    The position on the surface of the Earth of a numbered point referred to in subsection (1) is to be determined by reference to the coordinates specified in the second and third columns in Schedule 1 Division 2 opposite the number.

5.Kambalda Water and Wastewater Facilities described
  • (1)

    In this section —

fitting,fixture and sewer have the meanings given by section 3 of the Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984;

headworks and reticulation have the meanings given by section 65 of the Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984;

sewerage works means sewers and —

  • (a)

    all headworks, reticulation works and other works; and

  • (b)

    all pipes, meters and things,

connected with any sewer;

treated wastewater pipeline means the pipeline that starts at or near the point fixed by the coordinates 373008.84E / 6548603.23N and ends at or near the point fixed by the coordinates 371239.69E / 6546413.50N, as shown by the coordinates specified on the plan in Schedule 2;

water works means all works for the supply, storage and distribution of water, including headworks, reticulation works, pipes, meters and things that are part of such works.

  • (2)

    The Kambalda Water and Wastewater Facilities (the transferred facilities)comprise —

    • (a)

      the water works; and

    • (b)

      the sewerage works,

located within the Kambalda area that immediately before the commencement day were maintained or operated by WMC Resources Ltd to provide water supply and sewerage services within that area.

  • (3)

    The transferred facilities do not include —

    • (a)

      the treated wastewater pipeline; and

    • (b)

      any —

      • (i)

        water pipe or water supply fixture or fitting downstream from the meter assembly on a lot or parcel of land in the Kambalda area; or

      • (ii)

        sewer pipe or sewerage fixture or fitting located on such a lot or parcel,

    being a pipe, fixture or fitting that services only the lot or parcel concerned.

Part 2 – Transfer to the Water CorporationDivision 1 – Transfer of facilities and certain rights6.Ownership of facilities

On the commencement day —

  • (a)

    the ownership of the Kambalda Water and Wastewater Facilities is by virtue of this section transferred to the Water Corporation; and

  • (b)

    any claim, right, title or interest of any other person in respect of —

    • (i)

      the transferred facilities as they existed immediately before the commencement day; or

    • (ii)

      any thing that formed part of the transferred facilities immediately before that day,

is extinguished by the operation of paragraph (a).

7.Rights to payment for services provided
  • (1)

    On the commencement day all rights of WMC Resources Ltd to be paid for water supply services or sewerage services provided by it in the Kambalda area before that day, to the extent that payment has not been made for those services, are by virtue of this section transferred to the Water Corporation.

  • (2)

    Subsection (1) applies to a right to be paid for a service whether or not an account for the service has been issued before the commencement day.

8.Other rights

On the commencement day the right of WMC Resources Ltd to any remedy or redress whether actual, contingent or prospective, other than a right to which section 7 applies, against any person in relation to the transferred facilities is by virtue of this section transferred to the Water Corporation.

9.Liabilities not to pass
  • (1)

    In this section —

liability means any liability, duty or obligation whether actual, contingent or prospective or liquidated or unliquidated, and includes a liability for breach of any term or condition of an authority referred to in section 13.

  • (2)

    Nothing in this Act is to be read as having the effect that a liability of WMC Resources Ltd as at the commencement day becomes on and after that day a liability of the Water Corporation.

Division 2 – Incidental and related matters10.Pipes and other things taken to have been put in place by the Water Corporation
  • (1)

    In this section —

land has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984.

  • (2)

    On and after the commencement day —

    • (a)

      section 84(1) of the Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984 has effect in respect of all pipes, works or other things that —

      • (i)

        form part of the transferred facilities; and

      • (ii)

        are on, in, over or under any land,

    as if before that day the pipes, works or things were placed on, in, over or under the land by the Water Corporation in exercise of a power conferred by that Act; and

    • (b)

      section 84(2) and (3) of that Act have effect accordingly in respect of the pipes, works and other things.

    11.Compensation not payable
  • (1)

    A person is not entitled to receive from the Water Corporation or another person any amount by way of compensation, reimbursement or otherwise for any loss, detriment or cost that the person suffers or incurs because of —

    • (a)

      the transfer of ownership effected by section 6; or

    • (b)

      the operation of section 10.

  • (2)

    Without limiting subsection (1), section 81(1) and (2) of the Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984 apply to any works or other things that form part of the transferred facilities.

12.Recovery of amounts owing for services provided
  • (1)

    The Water Corporation may take any action that is necessary or expedient for the recovery of any amount to which it is entitled by virtue of section 7.

  • (2)

    Without limiting subsection (1), an amount required by virtue of section 7 to be paid to the Water Corporation by a person for water supply services or sewerage services provided by WMC Resources Ltd may be recovered from the person —

    • (a)

      in the case of an amount to be paid for water supply services, under Part VII of the Country Areas Water Supply Act 1947 as if it were a water supply charge within the meaning in that Act; and

    • (b)

      in the case of an amount to be paid for sewerage services, under Part VII of the Country Towns Sewerage Act 1948 as if it were a sewerage charge within the meaning in that Act,

that is recoverable from that person.

Division 3 – Transitional provisions13.Licences and other authorities under written laws
  • (1)

    In this section —

authority means a licence, permit, registration, right, approval, exemption or other authority issued or granted under a written law in relation to or in connection with the transferred facilities;

relevant Minister means the Minister administering the written law under which the authority concerned was issued or granted.

  • (2)

    Any authority in force immediately before the commencement day —

    • (a)

      that —

      • (i)

        is issued or granted to WMC Resources Ltd; or

      • (ii)

        otherwise confers authority on that company to do or refrain from doing any thing;

    and

    • (b)

      that is of a kind which the Water Corporation is required to hold,

continues to have effect by force of this section as if it had been issued or granted to, or conferred authority on, the Water Corporation.

  • (3)

    In relation to an authority of a particular kind subsection (2) applies on and after the commencement day until —

    • (a)

      an authority of that kind, or an exemption from the requirement to hold an authority of that kind, is issued or granted to the Water Corporation; or

    • (b)

      the expiry of the period of 3 years, or such longer period as the relevant Minister may determine, after the commencement day,

whichever first occurs.

  • (4)

    Subsections (2) and (3) have effect despite any provision of a written law or any term or condition of an authority.

  • (5)

    The Water Corporation must, as soon as is practicable after the commencement day, make any application under a written law that is necessary for the purposes of subsection (3)(a).

14.Completion of things commenced

Anything commenced to be done by WMC Resources Ltd before the commencement day in relation to the transferred facilities may, subject to section 9, be continued by the Water Corporation so far as the doing of that thing is within the powers of the Water Corporation after that day.

Part 3 – Notifications on title as to location of pipes and works15.Terms used in this Part

In this Part —

approved, in relation to a form, means approved by the relevant official;

notification means a notification referred to in section 16;

relevant official, in relation to a lot or parcel of land, means —

  • (a)

    the Registrar of Titles under the Transfer of Land Act 1893; or

  • (b)

    the Registrar of Deeds and Transfers under the Registration of Deeds Act 1856,

according to which of them has responsibility for the register relating to the lot or parcel;

sewerage works means the sewerage works referred to in section 5(2) but excluding the pipes, fixtures and fittings referred to in section 5(3)(b);

water works means the water works referred to in section 5(2) but excluding the pipes, fixtures and fittings referred to in section 5(3)(b).

[Section 15 amended: No. 47 of 2011 s. 16.]

16.Steps to be taken for recording of notifications
  • (1)

    As soon as is practicable after the commencement day the Water Corporation is to deposit with the relevant official —

    • (a)

      one or more plans of the sewerage works; and

    • (b)

      one or more plans of the water works,

showing the location or approximate location of the pipes, works and other things that immediately before the commencement day were part of the works referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b).

  • (2)

    For each lot or parcel of land in the Kambalda area the Water Corporation is to lodge with the relevant official, after subsection (1) has been complied with —

    • (a)

      a notification, in accordance with an approved form, in respect of pipes, works and other things referred to in that subsection that were part of the sewerage works; and

    • (b)

      a notification, in accordance with an approved form, in respect of pipes, works and other things referred to in that subsection that were part of the water works.

  • (3)

    Despite subsection (2) —

    • (a)

      where appropriate, a single notification in accordance with an approved form may be lodged under that subsection in respect of all pipes, works and other things referred to in subsection (1); and

    • (b)

      a notification need not be lodged for a lot or parcel in respect of pipes, works and other things referred to in subsection (1) if the Water Corporation has satisfied itself that there were no such pipes, works or other things on, in, over or under the land concerned immediately before the commencement day.

  • (4)

    Subsection (2) does not apply to a lot or parcel of land of which the Water Corporation is registered under the Transfer of Land Act 1893 as the owner of the freehold.

17.Exception where land is not a lot
  • (1)

    The Water Corporation is not required —

    • (a)

      to comply with section 16(2) in respect of any land that is not a lot; or

    • (b)

      to take any steps for the creation of a lot to enable that subsection to be complied with in respect of any land.

  • (2)

    However, the Water Corporation is to comply with section 16(2) in respect of land if at any time it appears to the Corporation that subsection (1)(a) has ceased to apply to the land.

18.Wording of notification
  • (1)

    In this section —

title means —

  • (a)

    a certificate of title under the Transfer of Land Act 1893; and

  • (b)

    a relevant document in the register of deeds under the Registration of Deeds Act 1856.

  • (2)

    A notification —

    • (a)

      is to be worded so that it constitutes notice to —

      • (i)

        the proprietor of; and

      • (ii)

        a person searching the title relating to,

    a lot or parcel of land that pipes, works and other things that immediately before the commencement day were part of —

    • (iii)

      the sewerage works; or

    • (iv)

      the water works,

    may be on, in, over or under the land; and

    • (b)

      is to refer to the pipes, works and other things as shown on the relevant plan deposited under this Part.

    19.Recording of notification

When —

  • (a)

    a notification under section 16(2) has been lodged in respect of a lot or parcel; and

  • (b)

    the required fee has been paid,

the relevant official is to record the notification —

  • (c)

    on the certificate of title for the lot or parcel; or

  • (d)

    in the register of deeds under the Registration of Deeds Act 1856,

as the case may require.

20.Replacement of deposited plans and notifications
  • (1)

    If the Water Corporation considers that it is necessary or desirable to better show the location or approximate location of any pipe, works or other thing for the purposes of this Part, it may deposit with the relevant official a plan that replaces a plan deposited under section 16(1).

  • (2)

    Where a plan is replaced by another deposited plan (the new plan) the Water Corporation must lodge with the relevant official —

    • (a)

      a request, in accordance with an approved form, for the removal of any existing notification that refers to the replaced plan; and

    • (b)

      a notification —

      • (i)

        in accordance with an approved form; and

      • (ii)

        referring to the pipes, works and other things as shown on the new plan,

    to replace the existing notification.

  • (3)

    Subject to payment of the required fee, the relevant official is to comply with a request that is lodged under subsection (2)(a).

  • (4)

    Section 19 applies with all necessary changes where a notification is lodged under subsection (2)(b).

21.Amendment or removal of notification
  • (1)

    Where a notification has been recorded under section 19, the Water Corporation may, in accordance with an approved form —

    • (a)

      request the relevant official to amend the notification; or

    • (b)

      with the approval of the Minister, request the relevant official to remove the notification, whether in whole or in part.

  • (2)

    The Minister is not to give an approval for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) in respect of any land unless he or she is satisfied that it is no longer necessary for notice to be given to persons searching the title as mentioned in section 18(2)(a).

  • (3)

    Subject to payment of the required fee, the relevant official is to comply with a request that is duly made under subsection (1).

22.Cost of complying with section 16(1) and (2)
  • (1)

    WMC Resources Ltd must pay to the Water Corporation on demand the amount of any cost or expense reasonably incurred by the Water Corporation —

    • (a)

      in complying with section 16(1) and (2); and

    • (b)

      in doing anything required to enable it to comply with those subsections.

  • (2)

    The Water Corporation may recover an amount referred to in subsection (1) in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to it by WMC Resources Ltd.

Part 4 – General23.Agreements on incidental matters
  • (1)

    Nothing in this Act is to be taken to limit the ability of WMC Resources Ltd and the Water Corporation —

    • (a)

      to determine any matter incidental or supplementary to the operation of this Act by agreement made between them, whether before or after the commencement day; and

    • (b)

      to give effect to any such agreement.

  • (2)

    An agreement referred to in subsection (1) must not be inconsistent with this Act.

24.Saving

The operation of any provision of this Act is not to be regarded — 

  • (a)

    as a breach of contract or confidence or otherwise as a civil wrong;

  • (b)

    as a breach of any contractual provision prohibiting, restricting or regulating the assignment or transfer of assets or rights or the disclosure of information;

  • (c)

    as giving rise to any remedy by a party to an instrument or as causing or permitting the termination of any instrument, because of a change in the beneficial or legal ownership of any asset or right;

  • (d)

    as causing any contract or instrument to be void or otherwise unenforceable; or

  • (e)

    as releasing or allowing the release of any surety.

Schedule 1 — Kambalda area

[s. 4]

Division 1 — Plan of Kambalda area

Note:

For the interpretation of this plan, see section 4.

Division 2 — Map Grid of Australia coordinates

Point

Coordinates mE

Coordinates mN

1

368446.102

6544994.798

2

367886.400

6545224.837

3

367833.889

6545826.212

4

367734.730

6546081.617

5

367540.564

6546299.906

6

367332.541

6546781.454

7

367572.089

6546885.625

8

367786.969

6547069.154

9

368052.680

6547047.689

10

368485.289

6547126.784

11

368900.656

6547383.817

12

369113.441

6547385.558

13

369331.024

6547290.171

14

369449.552

6547258.767

15

369457.992

6547298.298

16

369548.640

6547273.000

17

369557.235

6547229.825

18

369494.095

6546988.986

19

369496.053

6546739.394

20

369520.263

6546717.020

21

369664.666

6546873.970

22

369850.083

6546702.364

23

369706.252

6546544.717

24

369774.758

6546480.357

25

369760.744

6546463.301

26

370062.828

6546322.450

27

371098.875

6546329.974

28

371106.726

6546343.087

29

371075.234

6546405.012

30

371170.265

6546501.367

31

371241.937

6546438.936

32

371337.976

6546508.613

33

371330.141

6546789.810

34

371602.096

6546883.464

35

371597.974

6547181.674

36

371396.160

6547511.439

37

371501.101

6547575.387

38

371470.411

6547625.179

39

371585.705

6547689.908

40

371547.989

6547746.487

41

371436.555

6547829.435

42

371437.000

6548205.000

43

371977.000

6548205.000

44

371975.968

6547864.237

45

372599.111

6548229.843

46

372656.843

6548496.126

47

372506.739

6548528.672

48

372563.459

6548790.299

49

372459.701

6548812.796

50

372500.434

6549002.210

51

372614.546

6548977.670

52

372656.598

6549173.197

53

372793.467

6549143.765

54

372797.672

6549163.315

55

372848.795

6549151.009

56

372715.966

6548532.206

57

372760.441

6548523.748

58

372691.337

6548173.548

59

372157.843

6547855.307

60

372224.631

6547697.430

61

372237.818

6547526.216

62

372413.643

6547628.482

63

372618.943

6547732.082

64

372681.065

6547751.835

65

373002.673

6547913.141

66

373090.653

6547955.427

67

373094.721

6547988.878

68

373099.482

6547992.383

69

373102.403

6547994.664

70

373104.722

6548003.360

71

373110.785

6548017.432

72

373127.206

6548014.632

73

373149.545

6547954.669

74

373149.769

6547951.764

75

373143.909

6547934.173

76

373141.408

6547932.147

77

373141.753

6547925.646

78

373135.553

6547790.305

79

373139.417

6547623.298

80

373180.736

6547442.140

81

373238.940

6547369.545

82

373348.194

6547313.729

83

373512.576

6547223.476

84

373741.477

6547066.060

85

373729.743

6547049.864

86

373718.022

6547041.823

87

373728.961

6546977.963

88

373725.256

6546871.628

89

373619.853

6546890.673

90

373521.045

6546867.464

91

373328.692

6546752.695

92

372922.432

6546668.432

93

372440.438

6546674.993

94

372337.978

6546714.788

95

372253.190

6546842.128

96

372210.380

6546907.594

97

371810.791

6546795.325

98

371656.326

6546691.655

99

371360.953

6546468.827

100

371365.096

6546238.628

101

371103.517

6546237.453

102

371073.800

6546283.105

103

371078.923

6546294.663

104

370147.902

6546280.846

105

370221.223

6546242.527

106

370314.669

6546179.128

107

370450.743

6546091.936

108

370284.511

6545886.863

109

370132.558

6545986.087

110

370269.418

6546148.566

111

370198.957

6546208.931

112

370064.883

6546275.730

113

369906.611

6546349.931

114

369643.455

6546265.494

115

369360.702

6545912.184

116

369542.583

6545784.093

117

369479.402

6545694.393

118

369338.482

6545672.213

119

369282.861

6545713.588

120

369200.769

6545685.187

121

368745.153

6545094.527

122

368516.792

6544903.767

Schedule 2 — Treated wastewater pipeline

[s. 5(1)]

Note:

For the interpretation of this plan, see the definitions of “treated wastewater pipeline” in section 5(1) and of “coordinates” in section 3.

Notes

1          This is a compilation of the Kambalda Water and Wastewater Facilities (Transfer to Water Corporation) Act 2004 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Kambalda Water and Wastewater Facilities (Transfer to Water Corporation) Act 2004

64 of 2004

30 Nov 2004

11 Jun 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 10 Jun 2005 p. 2565)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2011 s. 16.

47 of 2011

25 Oct 2011

26 Oct 2011 (see s. 2(b))

Water Services Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2012 s. 219

25 of 2012

3 Sep 2012

18 Nov 2013 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 14 Nov 2013 p. 5028)

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term Provision(s)

approved.......................................................................................................................... 15

authority...................................................................................................................... 13(1)

commencement day.......................................................................................................... 3

coordinates........................................................................................................................ 3

fitting.............................................................................................................................. 5(1)

fixture............................................................................................................................. 5(1)

headworks..................................................................................................................... 5(1)

Kambalda area................................................................................................................... 3

Kambalda Water and Wastewater Facilities................................................................. 3

land............................................................................................................................... 10(1)

liability........................................................................................................................... 9(1)

new plan...................................................................................................................... 20(2)

notification....................................................................................................................... 15

pipe..................................................................................................................................... 3

relevant Minister........................................................................................................ 13(1)

relevant official................................................................................................................ 15

reticulation.................................................................................................................... 5(1)

sewer.............................................................................................................................. 5(1)

sewerage works...................................................................................................... 5(1), 15

the transferred facilities........................................................................................... 3, 5(2)

title................................................................................................................................ 18(1)

treated wastewater pipeline........................................................................................ 5(1)

Water Corporation............................................................................................................ 3

water works............................................................................................................. 5(1), 15

WMC Resources Ltd....................................................................................................... 3

works.................................................................................................................................. 3

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