Western Australian Current Acts

LAND INFORMATION AUTHORITY ACT 2006

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title
            
   2.      Commencement
            
   3.      Terms used
            
   4.      Relationship between this Act and certain other Acts

   PART 2 -- Western Australian Land Information Authority  

   5.      Authority established
            
   6.      Status
            
   7.      Authority to be SES organisation

   PART 3 -- Functions of Authority  

   8.      Dual objectives of Authority
            
   9.      Functions
            
   10.     Guiding principles
            
   11.     Duty to act in accordance with policy instruments
            
   12.     Powers generally
            
   13.     Transactions that require Minister’s approval
            
   14.     Exemptions from s.
            
   15.      Term used in s. 13 and 14: transaction
            
   16.     Pricing principles
            
   17.     Certain information free of charge in exceptional cases
            
   18.     Use of names for Authority and its operations
            
   19.     Acting beyond limits of State
            
   20.     Delegation by Authority

   PART 4 -- General administration of Authority

           Division 1 -- Board of Management

              Subdivision 1 -- General provisions  

   21.     Board is governing body
            
   22.     How board is constituted
            
   23.     Remuneration and allowances
            
   24.     Term of office
            
   25.     Casual vacancies
            
   26.     Leave of absence
            
   27.     Deputy chairman acting as chairman
            
   28.     Alternate members
            
   29.     Committees
            
   30.     Disclosure of material personal interest

              Subdivision 2 -- Meetings  

   31.     Holding meetings
            
   32.     Quorum
            
   33.     Presiding at meetings
            
   34.     Procedure at meetings
            
   35.     Voting
            
   36.     Inviting consultant to participate in meeting
            
   37.     Holding meetings remotely
            
   38.     Resolution without meeting
            
   39.     Minutes to be kept
            
   40.     Voting by interested board member
            
   41.     Section 40 may be declared inapplicable
            
   42.     Quorum where s. 40 applies
            
   43.     Minister may declare s. 40 and 42 inapplicable

           Division 2 -- Staff and contractors  

   44.     Chief executive officer
            
   45.     Other staff and contractors
            
   46.     Use of government staff and facilities

   PART 5 -- Accountability and financial provisions

           Division 1 -- Accountability  

   47.     Draft strategic development plan to be submitted
            
   48.     Transitional provision
            
   49.     Negotiating strategic development plan
            
   50.     Minister’s powers in relation to draft strategic development plan
            
   51.     Agreed strategic development plan
            
   52.     Strategic development plan if not agreed
            
   53.     Content of strategic development plan
            
   54.     Modification of strategic development plan
            
   55.     Draft statement of corporate intent to be submitted
            
   56.     Transitional provision
            
   57.     Negotiating statement of corporate intent
            
   58.     Minister’s powers in relation to draft statement of corporate intent
            
   59.     Agreed statement of corporate intent
            
   60.     Statement of corporate intent if not agreed
            
   61.     Content of statement of corporate intent
            
   62.     Modification of statement of corporate intent
            
   63.     Consultation
            
   64.     Minister to be kept informed
            
   65.     Minister may give directions
            
   66.     When directions take effect
            
   67.     Minister to have access to information
            
   68.     Deletion of commercially sensitive matters

           Division 2 -- Financial provisions  

   69.     Authority’s funds
            
   70.     Western Australian Land Information Authority Account
            
   71.     Dividends
            
   72.     Liability for duties, taxes, and other statutory imposts
            
   73.     Investment
            
   74.     Hedging transactions
            
   75.     Borrowing
            
   76.     Guarantees
            
   77.     Charges for guarantee
            
   78.     Authority may extend credit
            
   79.     Notice of financial difficulty
            
   80.     Half-yearly reports

           Division 3 -- Other provisions  

   81.     Application of Financial Management Act 2006 and Auditor General Act 2006
            
   82.     Protection for disclosure or compliance with directions

   PART 6 -- Miscellaneous

           Division 1 -- Protection of people dealing with Authority  

   83.     People dealing with Authority may make assumptions
            
   84.     Third parties may make assumptions
            
   85.     Matters that can be assumed
            
   86.     When those matters cannot be assumed

           Division 2 -- Other provisions  

   87.     Execution of documents by Authority
            
   88.     Contract formalities
            
   89.     Confidential information officially obtained
            
   90.     Protection from liability for wrongdoing
            
   91.     Laying documents before House of Parliament not sitting
            
   92.     Regulations
            
   93.      Review of Act
            
   94A.    Review to include consideration of fee-setting

   PART 7 -- Transitional matters

           Division 1 -- Staff  

   94.     Other staff in the former department

           Division 2 -- General matters  

   95.     Terms used
            
   96.     General transitional provisions might not apply
            
   97.     Certain references to former bodies
            
   98.     Certain references to department
            
   99.     References to things done in former offices
            
   100.    References to documents of former bodies

           Division 3 -- Regulations for other matters  

   101.    Transitional regulations
            
           Other notes
           Defined terms