Railway Discontinuance Act (No. 2) 2006 (WA)

Western Australia Railway Discontinuance Act (No. 2) 2006 Western Australia Railway Discontinuance Act (No. 2) 2006 Contents 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 3. Terms used in this Act 2 4. Discontinuance of scheduled railways, and incidental matters 2 5. Disposition of land 3 6. Power of Authority to deal with land 3 Schedule 1 — Scheduled railways Notes Compilation table 5 Defined terms Western Australia Railway Discontinuance Act (No. 2) 2006 An Act to provide for the discontinuance of certain portions of railway and to authorise the disposition of certain material and land, and for related purposes. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

1. Short title This is the Railway Discontinuance Act (No. 2) 2006 1.

2. Commencement This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3. Terms used in this Act In this Act — Authority means the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia established by the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 section 5; Minister for Lands means the Minister responsible for the administration of the Land Administration Act 1997; scheduled railways means the railways and portions of railway described in Schedule 1.

4. Discontinuance of scheduled railways, and incidental matters (1) The scheduled railways are discontinued. (2) The material comprising the scheduled railways, or any portion of that material, may be — (a) used in the construction or maintenance of any government railway, as defined in the Government Railways Act 1904 section 2; or (b) used in the construction of any railway authorised to be constructed under any other Act; or (c) sold, disposed of, or otherwise dealt with.

5. Disposition of land (1) The Minister for Lands is to transfer to the Authority in fee simple, under the Land Administration Act 1997, any land dedicated for the scheduled railways that becomes Crown land by operation of the Land Administration Act 1997 section 266. (2) The Minister for Lands is to transfer land under subsection (1) without requiring the payment of any consideration in respect of that transfer.