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Version No. 001
Churchill Water and Sewerage Works Act
1971
Act No. 8094/1971
Version as at 13 October 1999
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
Short title 2
Orders to have effect according to the tenor thereof 2
Works to vest in Morwell Waterworks Trust and Churchill
Sewerage Authority 3
Governor in Council may make ancillary provisions by Order 3
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ENDNOTES 6
General Information 6
Table of Amendments 7
Explanatory Details 8
Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents1
Version No. 001
Churchill Water and Sewerage Works Act
1971
Act No. 8094/1971
Version as at 13 October 1999
An Act to make Provision concerning certain Water and
Sewerage Works at Churchill, and for other purposes.
Preamble
WHEREAS—
(a) by Order of the 30th day of June, 1970, the
Governor in Council increased the extent of
the waterworks district of the Morwell
Waterworks Trust by adding to it certain
lands in the township of Churchill, and
approved of a proposal to supply water to the
said township by means of certain
waterworks then existing;
(b) by Order of the same day, the Governor in
Council proclaimed certain lands at Churchill
a sewerage district, constituted a sewerage
authority under the name of the Churchill
Sewerage Authority in respect of the said
sewerage district, directed that the
commissioners for the time being of the
Morwell Waterworks Trust should be the
members of the said sewerage authority, and
approved of a proposal to provide sewerage
facilities for the said sewerage district by
means of certain sewerage works then
existing;
(c) the water and sewerage works referred to in
the said Orders were at the time of the
making of the said Orders vested in the
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Latrobe Valley Water and Sewerage Board;
and
(d) doubts have arisen as to whether the said
Orders were valid and effective insofar as
they purported to—
(i) make it lawful for the Morwell
Waterworks Trust to make use of the
said waterworks; and
(ii) proclaim a sewerage district and
constitute a sewerage authority in order
that the said sewerage works might be
used by the said sewerage authority:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to validate
approve ratify and give full effect to the said
Orders and to make provision as hereinafter
enacted:
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen's Most
Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria
in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of
the same as follows (that is to say):
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Churchill Water
and Sewerage Works Act 1971.
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Orders to have effect according to the tenor thereof
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
Latrobe Valley Act 1958, the Sewerage Districts
Act 1958 or the Water Act 1958, the hereinbefore
recited Orders of the Governor in Council of the
30th day of June, 1970, are hereby validated
approved and ratified and shall have and be
deemed always to have had effect according to the
tenor thereof.
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3. Works to vest in Morwell Waterworks Trust and
Churchill Sewerage Authority
(1) The works referred to in the hereinbefore recited
Order of the 30th day of June, 1970 relating to the
Morwell Waterworks Trust and all water supply
works lying within the boundaries of the land
added to the waterworks district of the said Trust
by the said Order which were immediately before
the said day vested in the Latrobe Valley Water
and Sewerage Board shall be deemed to have
vested on the said day in the Morwell Waterworks
Trust.
(2) The works referred to in the hereinbefore recited
Order of the same day relating to the Churchill
Sewerage Authority and all sewerage works lying
within the boundaries of the sewerage district
proclaimed by the said Order which were
immediately before the said day vested in the
Latrobe Valley Water and Sewerage Board shall
be deemed to have vested on the said day in the
Churchill Sewerage Authority.
4. Governor in Council may make ancillary provisions
by Order
The Governor in Council may by Order—
(a) make provision for the transfer from the
Latrobe Valley Water and Sewerage Board
to the Morwell Waterworks Trust of any
property powers rights liabilities and
obligations of the said Board in relation to
any works of the said Board deemed by sub-
section (1) of section 3 to have vested in the
said Trust;
(b) make provision for the transfer from the
Latrobe Valley Water and Sewerage Board
to the Churchill Sewerage Authority of any
property powers rights liabilities and
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obligations of the said Board in relation to
any works of the said Board deemed by sub-
section (2) of section 3 to have vested in the
said Authority;
(c) adjust the extent of the respective liabilities
of the said Trust and the said Board in such
manner as he thinks fit in consequence of the
vesting of the works referred to in sub-
section (1) of section 3 in the said Trust, or
any transfer of property powers rights
liabilities and obligations from the said
Board to the said Trust under this section;
(d) adjust the extent of the respective liabilities
of the said Authority and the said Board in
such manner as he thinks fit in consequence
of the vesting of the works referred to in sub-
section (2) of section 3 in the said Trust, or
any transfer of property powers rights
liabilities and obligations from the said
Board to the said Authority under this
section;
(e) where under any Act in force immediately
before the commencement of this Act any
liabilities incurred in relation to any works
referred to in sub-section (1) of section 3
might have been transferred between the said
Board and the State, the liabilities may in
like manner be transferred between the
Morwell Waterworks Trust and the State;
and
(f) where under any Act in force immediately
before the commencement of this Act any
liabilities incurred in relation to any works
referred to in sub-section (2) of section 3
might have been transferred between the said
Board and the State, the liabilities may in
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like manner be transferred between the said
Authority and the State.
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ENDNOTES
General Information
The Churchill Water and Sewerage Works Act 1971 was assented to on
6 April 1971 and came into operation on 6 April 1971.
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2. Table of Amendments
There are no amendments made to the Churchill Water and Sewerage
Works Act 1971 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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3. Explanatory Details
No entries at date of publication.
Endnotes