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Western Australia Land Information Authority Act 2006
Western Australia Land Information Authority Act 2006 CONTENTS
Part 1 - Preliminary
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
3. Terms used in this Act 2
4. Relationship between this Act and certain other Acts 3 Part 2 - Western Australian Land Information Authority
5. Authority established 4
6. Status 4
7. Authority to be an SES organisation 4 Part 3 - Functions of Authority
8. Dual objectives of Authority 5
9. Functions 5
10. Guiding principles 6
11. Duty to act in accordance with policy instruments 7
12. Powers generally 7
13. Transactions that require Minister's approval 9
14. Exemptions from section 13 10
15. Meaning of "transaction" in sections 13 and 14 10
16. Pricing principles 10
17. Certain information free of charge in exceptional cases 12
18. Use of names for Authority and its operations 13
19. Acting beyond limits of State 13
20. Delegation by Authority 14 Part 4 - General administration of Authority
Division 1 - Board of Management
Subdivision 1 - General provisions
21. Board is governing body 15
22. How board is constituted 15
23. Remuneration and allowances 15
24. Term of office 16
25. Casual vacancies 16
26. Leave of absence 17
27. Deputy chairman acting as chairman 17
28. Alternate members 17
29. Committees 18
30. Disclosure of material personal interest 18
Subdivision 2 - Meetings
31. Holding meetings 19
32. Quorum 19
33. Presiding at meetings 19
34. Procedure at meetings 20
35. Voting 20
36. Inviting consultant to participate in meeting 20
37. Holding meetings remotely 20
38. Resolution without meeting 20
39. Minutes to be kept 21
40. Voting by interested board member 21
41. Section 40 may be declared inapplicable 21
42. Quorum where section 40 applies 21
43. Minister may declare sections 40 and 42 inapplicable 22
Division 2 - Staff and contractors
44. Chief executive officer 22
45. Other staff and contractors 22
46. Use of government staff and facilities 23 Part 5 - Accountability and financial provisions
Division 1 - Accountability
47. Draft strategic development plan to be submitted 24
48. Transitional provision 24
49. Negotiating strategic development plan 24
50. Minister's powers in relation to draft strategic development plan
25
51. Agreed strategic development plan 25
52. Strategic development plan if not agreed 25
53. Content of strategic development plan 26
54. Modification of strategic development plan 26
55. Draft statement of corporate intent to be submitted 27
56. Transitional provision 27
57. Negotiating statement of corporate intent 27
58. Minister's powers in relation to draft statement of corporate
intent 28
59. Agreed statement of corporate intent 28
60. Statement of corporate intent if not agreed 29
61. Content of statement of corporate intent 29
62. Modification of statement of corporate intent 29
63. Consultation 30
64. Minister to be kept informed 30
65. Minister may give directions 31
66. When directions take effect 31
67. Minister to have access to information 32
68. Deletion of commercially sensitive matters 33
Division 2 - Financial provisions
69. Authority's funds 33
70. Western Australian Land Information Authority Account 34
71. Dividends 34
72. Liability for duties, taxes, and other statutory imposts 35
73. Investment 36
74. Hedging transactions 36
75. Borrowing 38
76. Guarantees 38
77. Charges for guarantee 38
78. Authority may extend credit 39
79. Notice of financial difficulty 39
80. Half-yearly reports 40
Division 3 - Other provisions
81. Application of Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 40
82. Protection for disclosure or compliance with directions 40 Part 6 - Miscellaneous
Division 1 - Protection of people dealing with Authority
83. People dealing with Authority may make assumptions 42
84. Third parties may make assumptions 42
85. Matters that can be assumed 42
86. When those matters cannot be assumed 43
Division 2 - Other provisions
87. Execution of documents by Authority 44
88. Contract formalities 45
89. Confidential information officially obtained 45
90. Protection from liability for wrongdoing 46
91. Laying documents before House of Parliament not sitting 46
92. Regulations 47
93. Review of Act 47 Part 7 - Transitional matters
Division 1 - Staff
94. Other staff in the former department 48
Division 2 - General matters
95. Terms used in this Division 48
96. General transitional provisions might not apply 48
97. Certain references to former bodies 49
98. Certain references to department 49
99. References to things done in former offices 49
100. References to documents of former bodies 49
Division 3 - Regulations for other matters
101. Transitional regulations 50 Part 8 - Other Acts amended
Division 1 - Transfer of Land Act 1893 and related provisions
102. The Act amended 51
103. Section 4 amended 51
104. Section 5 replaced 51
5. Commissioner of Titles 52
105. Section 6 amended 52
106. Section 7 replaced 54
7. Registrar of Titles 54
107. Section 7A amended 54
108. Section 8 replaced 55
8. Other designations 55
109. Section 8A inserted 55
8A. Designating statutory officers, generally 55
110. Section 11 amended 56
111. Section 13 amended 56
112. Sections 15 and 15A inserted 57
15. Delegation by Commissioner 57
15A. Delegation by Registrar 58
113. Section 181 amended 58
114. Section 188 amended 59
115. Section 190 replaced 59
190. Money received by Registrar 59
116. Section 239 amended 59
117. Section 239A repealed 60
118. Various references to department amended 60
119. Certain references in other Acts to plans and diagrams amended
61
120. Administration Act 1903 amended 61
121. Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Act 1976 amended 62
122. Anglican Church of Australia (Diocese of North West Australia)
Act 1961 amended 63
123. Anglican Church of Australia Diocesan Trustees and Lands Act 1918
amended 63
124. Anglican Church of Australia Lands Act 1914 amended 64
125. Argentine Ant Act 1968 amended 64
126. Bush Fires Act 1954 amended 65
127. City of Perth (Leederville Park Lands) Act 1950 amended 66
128. Control of Vehicles (Off-road Areas) Act 1978 amended 66
129. Country Areas Water Supply Act 1947 amended 67
130. Country Housing Act 1998 amended 68
131. Country Towns Sewerage Act 1948 amended 69
132. Dog Act 1976 amended 70
133. Evidence Act 1906 amended 70
134. Geraldton Foreshore and Marina Development Act 1990 amended 71
135. Health Act 1911 amended 71
136. Heritage of Western Australia Act 1990 amended 72
137. Housing Act 1980 amended 73
138. Kalgoorlie and Boulder Racing Clubs Act 1904 amended 73
139. Land Administration Act 1997 amended 74
140. Land Boundaries Act 1841 amended 74
141. Land Drainage Act 1925 amended 74
142. Land Tax Assessment Act 2002 amended 75
143. Licensed Surveyors Act 1909 amended 77
144. Local Government Act 1995 amended 77
145. Metropolitan Water Supply, Sewerage, and Drainage Act 1909 amended
78
146. Morley Shopping Centre Redevelopment Agreement Act 1992 amended
79
147. Planning and Development Act 2005 amended 79
148. Plant Diseases Act 1914 amended 82
149. Redemption of Annuities Act 1909 amended 82
150. Registration of Deeds Act 1856 amended 83
151. Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914 amended 85
152. Roman Catholic Bishop of Broome Property Act 1957 amended 86
153. Roman Catholic Bunbury Church Property Act 1955 amended 86
154. Roman Catholic Church Property Act 1911 amended 87
155. Roman Catholic Geraldton Church Property Act 1925 amended 87
156. Roman Catholic New Norcia Church Property Act 1929 amended 87
157. Sale of Land Act 1970 amended 88
158. Settlement Agents Act 1981 amended 89
159. Standard Survey Marks Act 1924 amended 90
160. Strata Titles Act 1985 amended 90
129B. Delegation by Commissioner of Titles 91
129C. Delegation by Registrar of Titles 92
129D. Money received by Registrar 93
161. Tamala Park Land Transfer Act 2001 amended 93
162. The Salvation Army (Western Australia) Property Trust Act 1931
a