Western Australian Current Acts

LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 26

26 .         Land districts and townsites, constitution etc. of

        (1)         In this section —

        townsite —

            (a)         means townsite constituted under subsection (2); and

            (b)         except in subsection (2)(a), includes land referred to in clause 37 of Schedule 9.3 to the Local Government Act 1995 .

        (2)         Subject to section 26A, the Minister may by order —

            (a)         constitute land districts and townsites; and

            (b)         define and redefine the boundaries of, name, rename and cancel the names of, and, subject to this section, abolish land districts and townsites; and

            (c)         name, rename and cancel the name of any topographical feature, road or reserve.

        (3)         An order made under subsection (2) may include such matters enabled to be effected under an order made under another provision of this Act as the Minister thinks fit.

        [Section 26 amended: No. 38 of 2005 s. 8.]