Perth Municipal Gas and Electric Lighting Act Amendment Act 1915 (WA)

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GEORGII QUINTI REGIS,

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No. 54 of 1915.

AN ACT to amend The Perth Municipal Gas

and Electric Lighting Act, 1911.

[Assented to 20th November, 1915.]

BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 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

foll ows

1.     This Act may be cited as the Perth Municipal Gas and Short title.

Electric Lighting Act Amendment Act, 1915, and shall be read as one with the Perth Municipal Gas and Electric Lighting Act, 1911, hereinafter referred to as " the principal Act."

2.      Section two of the principal Act is amended by adding the Interpretation.

following clauses :—

" Mayor "includes the Mayor for the time being of the

(e)	City of Perth and any person temporarily acting as Mayor.
(f)	" Gas and Electricity Department " means the business

carried on by the Council for the supply of Gas and

Electric Current, and includes the " Undertaking."

1915, No. 54.] Perth Municipal Gas and Electric [6 GEO. V.

Lighting.

" Accountant " means the Chief Accountant for the

(g)	time being of the Gas and Electricity Department, and includes any person appointed to act as such for the time being.
(h)	" General Manager " means the General Manager for the time being of the Gas and Electricity Department, and includes any person appointed to act as such for the time being.

Deposits, how 3.

All moneys received by the Council in respect of the Undertaking amounting to Twenty pounds and upwards shall, within seven days or as the Council direct after they have come into the hands of the Treasurer or any other officer of the Council, be paid into such Bank or Banks and to such account or accounts with such Bank or Banks and in such manner as the Council from time to time appoint and direct for that purpose. No such money shall be drawn out of such Bank or Banks except by a cheque signed by the Mayor, the General Manager, and Chief Accountant, or in the absence of any of these officers, then by such other officer or officers of the Council as the Council may from time to time direct.

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Application. 4.

All the provisions of Part XXV of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1906, shall be incorporated in this Act and shall be applicable to all books and accounts kept by the Council in respect of the Gas and Electricity Department.

By Authority: FRED. WM. SIMPSON, Government Printer, Perth.