Victorian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Act 1958 - SECT 132

Duties and powers of the Board

132. Duties and powers of the Board

For the purposes of this Part the Board-

shall construct repair maintain and have charge of all sewers and shall have
supervision and control over all sewers within the metropolis;

may make such sewers and works as it from time to time thinks necessary for
preventing all or any part of the sewage and drainage of the metropolis from
flowing or passing into the River Yarra Yarra or other public stream or
water-course;

may also make such other sewers and works as it from time to time thinks
necessary for the effectual sewerage and drainage of the metropolis, and may
continue close up or destroy such sewers for the time being vested in it as
appear unnecessary;

may repair and maintain the sewers and works vested in it;

may erect or construct works machines or machinery for destroying or utilizing
or purifying sewage matter;

may with the approval of the Governor in Council establish sewage farms in any
part of Victoria.

And for the purposes aforesaid the Board shall have full power and authority
within and (with the consent of the Governor in Council) without the
metropolis from time to time (subject to the restrictions hereinafter
mentioned)-

to open and break up any streets;

to blast any rock;

to carry any such sewers or works through across over or under the shores bed
and waters of the sea or the bed waters banks and shores of any river stream
or water-course or any main road or any street or place layed out as or
intended for a street or through or under any cellar or vault under the
carriage-way or pavement of any street and into through or under any lands
whatsoever within or beyond the said limits;

to construct ventilating shafts pipes or tubes and to carry them up the
exterior wall of any buildings whether public or private provided that the
mouth of every such shaft pipe or tube shall be at least 2 metres higher than
any window or door situate within a distance of 9 metres therefrom; and also
to make use of the chimney of any public building or of any factory or of any
tramway building as a ventilating shaft or tube; and

to cause the drainage from sewerage construction works to flow along any drain
or water-course during the course of such construction.