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PUBLIC WORKS ACT 1902
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART I -- Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Terms used
2A. Governor may declare public work
4. Governor may make regulations for conduct of officers
5. Minister for Works
5A. Delegation by Minister
5B. Subdelegation of delegated power or duty
6. Rights, liabilities and interests of Minister devolve on Minister’s successor
7. Appointment of engineers and other officers
PART IA -- Western Australian Building Management Authority
9A. Terms used
9B. Western Australian Building Management Authority continued as body corporate
9C. Functions and powers of Building Management Authority
9D. Use of staff and facilities of departments, agencies and instrumentalities
9E. Funds of Building Management Authority
9F. Delegation by Building Management Authority
9G. Financial Management Act 2006 and Auditor General Act 2006, application of
9I. Regulations
PART II -- Authorising public works
10. Entry on land required for a public work
11. Governor may authorise railways
28. Power may be exercised after initiation of a public work
PART IV -- Surveys
82. Powers of entry on lands etc. for survey purposes
83. Penalty for destroying survey marks etc.
PART IVA -- Investigations for water
83A. Terms used; power of entry
83B. Offences
83C. Compensation
PART V -- Roads, rivers, and bridges
84. Term used: road
85. Roads vested in the Crown
86. Construction and repair of roads and declaration of Government roads
87. Government roads under exclusive care of Minister
88. Local laws
90. Breach of local law
91. Governor may vest control of any bridge etc. in local authority
92. Stopping or diverting of road
93. Improvement of rivers and other watercourses
94. Construction, repair and maintenance of bridges and culverts
PART VI -- Railways
95. Term used: railway
96. Railways to be made only under special Act
99. Powers to make railways, railway stations etc.
100. Rights-of-way and traffic where railway made along or across road
101. Compensation where road interfered with or wholly closed
102. Government to make crossings to give access to land
103. Maintenance of public roads at railway crossings and near railway stations
104. Alterations in roads, drains, pipes etc. to be made without detriment to the public or to owners
106. Conversion of railway bridge to combined road and railway bridge
107. Right-of-way and closure of combined road and railway bridges
108. Tree dangerous to railway to be removed
109. Penalties for trespassing on railway in course of construction
110. Crown may elect to erect and maintain fences along boundaries of railways
111. Impounding animals trespassing on railway in course of construction
PART VIA -- Miscellaneous
112. Waste management operations at Mt Walton
113. Delegation of powers and duties under section
PART VII -- General provisions
113A. Property in things placed on the land
115. Governor may execute instruments
118. Moneys due by local authority may be deducted from moneys payable to it by Government
120. Penalty for obstruction, interference, destruction and similar acts; and recovery of costs
122. Works authorised or anything commenced under repealed enactments
123. Public works under previous Acts to be deemed constructed under this Act
SCHEDULE 1 -- Classes of public work
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