Railway (Forrestfield-Airport Link) Act 2015 (WA)

Western Australia Railway (Forrestfield-Airport Link) Act 2015 Western Australia Railway (Forrestfield-Airport Link) Act 2015 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary matters 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 3. Terms used 2 Part 2 — Authority to construct Forrestfield‑Airport Link 4. Authority to construct railway 3 Part 3 — Application of written laws to airport section of railway 5. Compliance with Airports Act 4 6. Application of Land Administration Act 1997 4 7. Exercise by Public Transport Authority of powers under Public Works Act 1902 4 Part 4 — Application of Metropolitan Region Scheme 8. Planning approval not required for underground section of railway 5 Schedule 1 — Line of Forrestfield‑Airport Link Notes Compilation table 7 Defined terms Western Australia Railway (Forrestfield‑Airport Link) Act 2015 No. 34 of 2015 An Act to authorise the construction of a railway from Bayswater to Forrestfield (known as the Forrestfield‑Airport Link). The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1 — Preliminary matters

1. Short title This is the Railway (Forrestfield‑Airport Link) Act 2015.

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

3. Terms used In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears — airport section of the railway means so much of the railway as is constructed and maintained, or proposed to be constructed and maintained, on, over or under Perth Airport land; Airports Act means the Airports Act 1996 (Commonwealth); Metropolitan Region Scheme has the meaning given in the Planning and Development Act 2005 section 4(1); Perth Airport land means the land described in the Airports Regulations 1997 (Commonwealth) Schedule 1 Part 1.18; Planning Commission means the Western Australian Planning Commission established by the Planning and Development Act 2005 section 7(1); railway means the railway the construction and maintenance of which is authorised by section 4; underground section of the railway means so much of the railway as is constructed, or proposed to be constructed, underground, but does not include any part of a railway station, or any part of a related car park, public transport interchange facility or associated means of pedestrian or vehicular access, that is constructed, or proposed to be constructed, underground.