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APPROVALS AND RELATED REFORMS (NO. 3) (CROWN LAND) BILL 2009

                    Western Australia


 Approvals and Related Reforms (No. 3)
       (Crown Land) Bill 2009

                       CONTENTS


      Part 1 -- Preliminary matters
1.    Short title                                                 2
2.    Commencement                                                2
      Part 2 -- Aboriginal Affairs Planning
           Authority Act 1972 amended
3.    Act amended                                                 3
4.    Section 21A amended                                         3
5.    Section 30 amended                                          3
      Part 3 -- Aboriginal Heritage
           Act 1972 amended
6.    Act amended                                                 4
7.    Section 66 inserted                                         4
      66.      Authority to perform certain functions in
               relation to Crown land for purposes of this
               Act                                           4
8.    Section 67 amended                                          5
      Part 4 -- Environmental Protection
           Act 1986 amended
9.    Act amended                                                 6
10.   Section 121A inserted                                       6
      121A.    Authority to perform certain functions in
               relation to Crown land for purposes of this
               Act                                           6
11.   Section 121 amended                                         7



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Contents



              Part 5 -- Land Administration
                   Act 1997 amended
      12.     Act amended                                                 8
      13.     Section 91 amended                                          8
      14.     Section 259 amended                                         8
      15.     Section 275A inserted                                       8
              275A.    Disclosure of information about Crown
                       land interest holders                          8

              Part 6 -- Mining Act 1978 amended
      16.     Act amended                                                 11
      17.     Section 8 amended                                           11
      18.     Section 25 amended                                          11
      19.     Section 160AA inserted                                      11
              160AA.   Authority to perform certain functions of
                       LAA Minister under this Act                   11
      20.     Section 160A amended                                        12
              Part 7 -- Petroleum Pipelines
                   Act 1969 amended
      21.     Act amended                                                 13
      22.     Section 4 amended                                           13
      23.     Section 16 amended                                          13
              Part 8 -- Planning and Development
                   Act 2005 amended
      24.     Act amended                                                 14
      25.     Section 267A inserted                                       14
              267A.    Authority to perform certain functions in
                       relation to Crown land for purposes of this
                       Act                                           14
      26.     Section 267 amended                                         15
              Part 9 -- Transfer of Land Act 1893
                   amended
      27.     Act amended                                                 16
      28.     Section 4 amended                                           16
      29.     Section 17 inserted                                         16
              17.      Authority to perform certain functions of
                       Minister for Lands under this Act             16
      30.     Section 81D amended                                         17

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31.     Section 153A amended                                       17
32.     Section 198 amended                                        17
        Part 10 -- War Service Land
             Settlement Scheme Act 1954
             amended
33.     Act amended                                                18
34.     Section 6 amended                                          18
35.     Sections 11 and 12 inserted                                18
        11.      Delegation                                 18
        12.      Protection from liability for wrongdoing   19




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                     LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

                      (As amended in Committee)



      Approvals and Related Reforms (No. 3)
            (Crown Land) Bill 2009


                               A Bill for


An Act to amend various Acts in relation to Crown land and for
related purposes.




The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:




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 1                   Part 1 -- Preliminary matters
 2   1.       Short title
 3            This is the Approvals and Related Reforms (No. 3) (Crown
 4            Land) Act 2009.

 5   2.       Commencement
 6            This Act comes into operation as follows --
 7             (a) Part 1 -- on the day on which this Act receives the
 8                   Royal Assent;
 9             (b) the rest of the Act -- on a day fixed by proclamation,
10                   and different days may be fixed for different provisions.




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                Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Act 1972 amended      Part 2

                                                                               s. 3



 1          Part 2 -- Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority
 2                       Act 1972 amended
 3   3.           Act amended
 4                This Part amends the Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority
 5                Act 1972.

 6   4.           Section 21A amended
 7        (1)     Delete section 21A(2) and (3).
 8        (2)     Delete section 21A(8).

 9   5.           Section 30 amended
10                In section 30 delete "Mining Act 1904" and insert:
11

12                Mining Act 1978
13




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     Part 3         Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 amended

     s. 6



 1          Part 3 -- Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 amended
 2   6.           Act amended
 3                This Part amends the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972.

 4   7.           Section 66 inserted
 5                At the beginning of Part VIII insert:
 6


 7          66.         Authority to perform certain functions in relation to
 8                      Crown land for purposes of this Act
 9                (1)   If, under section 18(2) or 24, the owner of Crown land
10                      or freehold land in the name of the State may give, or is
11                      required to give, notice that notice may be given by --
12                        (a) the Minister as defined in the Land
13                              Administration Act 1997 section 3(1) (the
14                              Minister for Lands); or
15                        (b) a person who is authorised in writing by the
16                              Minister for Lands to do so.
17                (2)   Nothing in this section limits the ability of the Minister
18                      for Lands to otherwise perform a function through an
19                      officer or agent.
20                (3)   Nothing in this section affects --
21                       (a) a right that any other person has under
22                             section 18(2) or (5) in relation to land
23                             mentioned in subsection (1) if the person is an
24                             owner of that land because of section 18(1) or
25                             (1a); or
26                       (b) how that right may be exercised.
27




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                               Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 amended         Part 3

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 1   8.         Section 67 amended
 2        (1)   In section 67 delete "A person" and insert:
 3

 4              (1)     A person
 5

 6        (2)   At the end of section 67 insert:
 7

 8              (2)     An action in tort does not lie against a person acting
 9                      under an authority mentioned in section 66(1) for
10                      anything that the person has done, in good faith, in the
11                      performance or purported performance of a function to
12                      which the authority applies.
13              (3)     The protection given by this section applies even
14                      though the thing done as described in subsection (1) or
15                      (2) may have been capable of being done whether or
16                      not this Act had been enacted.
17              (4)     Despite subsections (1) and (2), the State is not
18                      relieved of any liability that it might have for another
19                      person having done anything as described in those
20                      subsections.
21              (5)     In this section, a reference to the doing of anything
22                      includes a reference to an omission to do anything.
23




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     Part 4         Environmental Protection Act 1986 amended

     s. 9



 1    Part 4 -- Environmental Protection Act 1986 amended
 2   9.       Act amended
 3            This Part amends the Environmental Protection Act 1986.

 4   10.      Section 121A inserted
 5            After section 120 insert:
 6


 7          121A.   Authority to perform certain functions in relation to
 8                  Crown land for purposes of this Act
 9            (1)   If, under a provision of this Act, the owner or occupier
10                  of Crown land or freehold land in the name of the State
11                  may give, or is required to give, notice or may make an
12                  application or representation, give comments or
13                  authority, show cause, provide information or do any
14                  other thing, that thing may be done by --
15                    (a) the Minister as defined in the Land
16                          Administration Act 1997 section 3(1) (the
17                          Minister for Lands); or
18                    (b) a public service officer of the Department, as
19                          defined in the Land Administration Act 1997
20                          section 3(1), who is authorised in writing by the
21                          Minister for Lands to do so.
22            (2)   Nothing in this section limits the ability of the Minister
23                  for Lands to otherwise perform a function through an
24                  officer or agent.
25            (3)   Nothing in this section affects --
26                   (a) a right or obligation that any other person has
27                         under Part V Division 2 in relation to land
28                         mentioned in subsection (1) if the person is an
29                         owner or occupier of that land because of the
30                         meaning of those terms in that Division; or


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                 Environmental Protection Act 1986 amended          Part 4

                                                                       s. 11



 1                (b)   a right or obligation that any other person has
 2                      under any other provision of this Act in relation
 3                      to land mentioned in subsection (1) if the
 4                      person is an occupier of that land because of
 5                      the meaning of occupier in section 3(1); or
 6                (c)   how that right may be exercised or that
 7                      obligation may be satisfied.
 8


 9   11.   Section 121 amended
10         In section 121(1) delete "against a person for anything that the
11         person has done, in good faith, in the performance or purported
12         performance of a function under this Act." and insert:
13

14              against --
15                (a) a person for anything that the person has done,
16                      in good faith, in the performance or purported
17                      performance of a function under this Act; or
18                (b) a person acting under an authority mentioned in
19                      section 121A(1) for anything that the person
20                      has done, in good faith, in the performance or
21                      purported performance of a function to which
22                      the authority applies.
23




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     Part 5         Land Administration Act 1997 amended

     s. 12



 1         Part 5 -- Land Administration Act 1997 amended
 2   12.       Act amended
 3             This Part amends the Land Administration Act 1997.

 4   13.       Section 91 amended
 5             In section 91(5):
 6               (a) delete "there is in effect an agreement between the
 7                     Minister and";
 8               (b) delete "Governor enabling that area to be" and insert:
 9

10                   Governor, or a public service officer of the department
11                   that is principally assisting in the administration of the
12                   relevant Act, who is authorised in writing by that
13                   Minister to do so, approves of that area being
14


15   14.       Section 259 amended
16             In section 259(2) delete "who is the Minister, a delegate of the
17             Minister, an authorised land officer or a public service officer of
18             the Department".

19   15.       Section 275A inserted
20             After section 274 insert:
21


22           275A.   Disclosure of information about Crown land
23                   interest holders
24             (1)   In this section --
25                   contact details includes postal address, telephone
26                   number, facsimile number and email address;
27                   Crown land interest holder means the holder of --
28                     (a) a pastoral lease or other lease; or

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                   Land Administration Act 1997 amended          Part 5

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 1            (b) a licence; or
 2            (c) an interest in relation to Crown land;
 3           public authority means --
 4            (a) a department of the Public Service; or
 5            (b) a State instrumentality; or
 6            (c) a local government; or
 7            (d) a body that provides to members of the public
 8                   water, drainage, gas, electricity or ambulance or
 9                   other emergency services; or
10            (e) a prescribed agency of the Commonwealth.
11   (2)     The chief executive officer of the Department may
12           disclose the name and contact details of a Crown land
13           interest holder to --
14             (a) an officer or employee of a public authority for
15                   use in the performance of the public authority's
16                   functions; or
17             (b) the Director General of Mines, as defined in the
18                   Mining Act 1978 section 8(1), for providing the
19                   information to applicants for, or holders of,
20                   mining tenements, as defined in that section, or
21                   to any other person who is required, under that
22                   Act, to give notice to a Crown land interest
23                   holder; or
24             (c) a prescribed person, in the circumstances and
25                   on such conditions as may be prescribed.
26   (3)     For the purposes of this section, the Pastoral Lands
27           Board may disclose the name and contact details of a
28           pastoral lessee to the chief executive officer of the
29           Department from the most recent return submitted by
30           the pastoral lessee under section 113.
31   (4)     Information may be disclosed under subsection (2) or
32           (3), or provided under subsection (2)(b), despite any
33           written law relating to confidentiality or secrecy.

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     Part 5         Land Administration Act 1997 amended

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 1             (5)   If information is disclosed, in good faith, under
 2                   subsection (2) or (3), or provided under
 3                   subsection (2)(b) (the disclosure) --
 4                     (a) no civil or criminal liability, or liability to be
 5                           punished for a contempt of court, is incurred in
 6                           respect of the disclosure; and
 7                     (b) the disclosure is not to be regarded as a breach
 8                           of any duty of confidentiality or secrecy
 9                           imposed by law; and
10                     (c) the disclosure is not to be regarded as a breach
11                           of professional ethics or standards or as
12                           unprofessional conduct.
13




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                                           Mining Act 1978 amended           Part 6

                                                                                 s. 16



 1                     Part 6 -- Mining Act 1978 amended
 2   16.         Act amended
 3               This Part amends the Mining Act 1978.
 4   17.         Section 8 amended
 5               In section 8(1) insert in alphabetical order:
 6

 7                       LAA Minister means the Minister to whom the
 8                       administration of the Land Administration Act 1997 is
 9                       for the time being committed by the Governor;
10

11   18.         Section 25 amended
12         (1)   In section 25(2)(b) delete "Minister to whom the administration
13               of the Land Administration Act 1997 is for the time being
14               committed by the Governor" and insert:
15

16               LAA Minister
17

18         (2)   In section 25(3)(b) delete "Minister to whom the administration
19               of the Land Administration Act 1997 is for the time being
20               committed by the Governor" and insert:
21

22               LAA Minister
23

24   19.         Section 160AA inserted
25               After section 160 insert:
26


27           160AA. Authority to perform certain functions of
28                  LAA Minister under this Act
29               (1)     A function that the LAA Minister has under a provision
30                       of this Act listed in the Table may be performed by a


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     Part 6         Mining Act 1978 amended

     s. 20



 1                   public service officer of the Department, as defined in
 2                   the Land Administration Act 1997 section 3(1), who is
 3                   authorised in writing by the LAA Minister to do so.
 4             (2)   Nothing in this section limits the ability of the
 5                   LAA Minister to otherwise perform a function through
 6                   an officer or agent.
 7                                                 Table
                     s. 24(3)(b), (5)(b), as the      s. 25(2)(b), (3)(b)
                     responsible Minister
                     under s. 24(8)

                     s. 26(2)(a)                      s. 55(1), (3), (4)

                     s. 69C(1), (3), (4)              s. 94J
 8


 9   20.       Section 160A amended
10             In section 160A delete "Mines" and insert:
11

12             Mines, or the LAA Minister
13




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                        Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969 amended          Part 7

                                                                           s. 21



 1         Part 7 -- Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969 amended
 2   21.     Act amended
 3           This Part amends the Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969.

 4   22.     Section 4 amended
 5           In section 4(1) in the definition of the Minister for Lands delete
 6           "of the Crown to whom the Governor has for the time being
 7           committed the administration of the Land Administration
 8           Act 1997;" and insert:
 9

10                   as defined in the Land Administration Act 1997
11                   section 3(1);
12


13   23.     Section 16 amended
14           In section 16:
15             (a) delete "unalienated Crown land, the Governor, on the
16                   recommendation of the Minister for Lands," and insert:
17

18                   Crown land, the Minister for Lands, or a public service
19                   officer of the Department, as defined in the Land
20                   Administration Act 1997 section 3(1), who is
21                   authorised in writing by the Minister for Lands to do so
22                   in that Minister's name,
23

24             (b)    delete "Governor thinks" and insert:
25

26                    grantor thinks
27




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     Part 8         Planning and Development Act 2005 amended

     s. 24



 1   Part 8 -- Planning and Development Act 2005 amended
 2   24.       Act amended
 3             This Part amends the Planning and Development Act 2005.

 4   25.       Section 267A inserted
 5             After section 266 insert:
 6


 7           267A.   Authority to perform certain functions in relation to
 8                   Crown land for purposes of this Act
 9             (1)   If the approval or signature of the owner of Crown land
10                   or freehold land in the name of the State is required for
11                   the purposes of this Act, the approval or signature may
12                   be given by --
13                     (a) the Minister as defined in the Land
14                           Administration Act 1997 section 3(1) (the
15                           Minister for Lands); or
16                     (b) a person who is authorised in writing by the
17                           Minister for Lands to do so.
18             (2)   Nothing in this section limits the ability of the Minister
19                   for Lands to otherwise perform a function through an
20                   officer or agent.
21             (3)   Nothing in this section affects --
22                    (a) a right or obligation that any other person, as an
23                          owner of land mentioned in subsection (1), has
24                          under this Act in relation to that land; or
25                    (b) how that right may be exercised or that
26                          obligation may be satisfied.
27




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                         Planning and Development Act 2005 amended           Part 8

                                                                              s. 26



 1   26.         Section 267 amended
 2         (1)   Delete section 267(1) and (2) and insert:
 3

 4               (1)     An action in tort does not lie against --
 5                        (a) a person for anything that the person has done,
 6                              in good faith, in the performance or purported
 7                              performance of a function under this Act; or
 8                        (b) a person acting under an authority mentioned in
 9                              section 152(5)(c) or 267A(1) for anything that
10                              the person has done, in good faith, in the
11                              performance or purported performance of a
12                              function to which the authority applies.
13

14         (2)   In section 267(3) delete "subsection (2)" and insert:
15

16               subsection (1)
17

18         (3)   In section 267(4):
19                 (a) delete "subsection (2)" and insert:
20

21                         subsection (1)
22

23                (b)      delete "Commission nor the State" and insert:
24

25                         Commission, the State nor a local government
26




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     Part 9         Transfer of Land Act 1893 amended

     s. 27



 1           Part 9 -- Transfer of Land Act 1893 amended
 2   27.           Act amended
 3                 This Part amends the Transfer of Land Act 1893.

 4   28.           Section 4 amended
 5                 In section 4(1) in the definition of Minister for Lands delete "to
 6                 whom the administration of the Land Administration Act 1997 is
 7                 committed;" and insert:
 8

 9                 as defined in the Land Administration Act 1997 section 3(1);
10


11   29.           Section 17 inserted
12                 At the end of Part 1 insert:
13


14           17.         Authority to perform certain functions of Minister
15                       for Lands under this Act
16                 (1)   A function that the Minister for Lands has under a
17                       provision listed in the Table may be performed by a
18                       public service officer of the Department, as defined in
19                       the Land Administration Act 1997 section 3(1), who is
20                       authorised in writing by the Minister for Lands to do
21                       so.
22                 (2)   Nothing in this section limits the ability of the Minister
23                       for Lands to otherwise perform a function through an
24                       officer or agent.
25                                                 Table
                          s. 70A(1), (2)(b), (3)        s. 81D(1)(a)

                          s. 81E                        s. 81F(1), (2), (3), (4)



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                         Transfer of Land Act 1893 amended          Part 9

                                                                           s. 30




                   s. 81L                        s. 81V(1)

                   s. 81ZA(3)                    s. 104(2)

                   s. 129BA(2)                   s. 129BB(1), (2), (3)

                   s. 136J(1), (2), (3)          s. 145(2)

                   s. 153A                       s. 166A(1), (3)

                   s. 166B(1), (3)
 1


 2   30.   Section 81D amended
 3         In section 81D(1)(a) delete "Lands, or an officer authorised by
 4         that Minister to do so," and insert:
 5

 6         Lands
 7


 8   31.   Section 153A amended
 9         In section 153A after "Minister" insert:
10

11         for Lands
12


13   32.   Section 198 amended
14         In section 198 after "them" insert:
15

16         or of the Minister for Lands
17




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     Part 10        War Service Land Settlement Scheme Act 1954 amended

     s. 33



 1           Part 10 -- War Service Land Settlement Scheme
 2                       Act 1954 amended
 3   33.           Act amended
 4                 This Part amends the War Service Land Settlement Scheme
 5                 Act 1954.

 6   34.           Section 6 amended
 7                 Delete section 6(4a).

 8   35.           Sections 11 and 12 inserted
 9                 After section 10 insert:
10


11           11.         Delegation
12                 (1)   The Minister may delegate to a public service officer of
13                       the Department, as defined in the Land Administration
14                       Act 1997 section 3(1), any power or duty of the
15                       Minister under another provision of this Act.
16                 (2)   The delegation must be in writing signed by the
17                       Minister.
18                 (3)   A person to whom a power or duty is delegated under
19                       this section cannot delegate that power or duty.
20                 (4)   A person exercising or performing a power or duty that
21                       has been delegated to the person under this section is to
22                       be taken to do so in accordance with the terms of the
23                       delegation unless the contrary is shown.
24                 (5)   Nothing in this section limits the ability of the Minister
25                       to perform a function through an officer or agent.




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     War Service Land Settlement Scheme Act 1954 amended        Part 10

                                                                              s. 35



 1    12.         Protection from liability for wrongdoing
 2          (1)   An action in tort does not lie against a person for
 3                anything that the person has done, in good faith, in the
 4                performance or purported performance of a function
 5                under this Act.
 6          (2)   The protection given by this section applies even
 7                though the thing done as described in subsection (1)
 8                may have been capable of being done whether or not
 9                this Act had been enacted.
10          (3)   Despite subsection (1), neither the Minister nor the
11                State is relieved of any liability that it might have for
12                another person having done anything as described in
13                that subsection.
14          (4)   In this section, a reference to the doing of anything
15                includes a reference to an omission to do anything.
16


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