Public Transport Authority Act 2003 (WA)

Western Australia Public Transport Authority Act 2003 Western Australia Public Transport Authority Act 2003 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Short title 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms used 1 4. Relationship with other laws 1 Part 2 — Public Transport Authority of Western Australia 5. Authority established 1 6. Status 1 7. Management 1 Part 3 — Staff and contractors 8. Authority to be an SES organisation 1 9. Chief executive officer 1 10. Other staff and contractors 1 11. Use of government staff and facilities 1 Part 4 — Functions of the Authority 12. Functions 1 13. Powers generally 1 14. Use of certain Crown land by Authority 1 15. Dealing with certain Crown land 1 16. Restriction on certain dealings in other land 1 17. Authority may operate on corridor land under the Rail Freight System Act 2000 1 18. Use of names for Authority and its operations 1 19. Delegation by Authority 1 Part 5 — Accountability and financial provisions Division 1 — Accountability 20. Draft operational plan to be submitted to Minister 1 21. Content of operational plan 1 22. Minister's powers in relation to draft operational plan 1 23. Modifications of operational plan 1 24. Duty to observe operational plan 1 25. Consultation 1 26. Minister to be kept informed 1 27. Minister may give directions 1 28. Minister to have access to information 1 29. Deletion of commercially sensitive matters 1 30. Protection for disclosure or compliance with directions 1 Division 2 — Financial provisions 31. Authority's funds 1 32. Public Transport Authority Account 1 33. Borrowing 1 34. Guarantees 1 35. Charges for guarantee 1 36. The Authority may extend credit to customers or suppliers 1 37. Notice of financial difficulty 1 Division 3 — Financial Management Act 2006 and Auditor General Act 2006 38. Application of Financial Management Act 2006 and Auditor General Act 2006 1 Part 6 — Miscellaneous Division 1 — Protection of people dealing with Authority 39. People dealing with Authority may make assumptions 1 40. Third parties may make assumptions 1 41. Matters that can be assumed 1 42. When those matters cannot be assumed 1 Division 2 — Infringement notices 43. Term used: prescribed 1 44. Giving of notice 1 45. Content of notice 1 46. Extension of time 1 47. Withdrawal of notice 1 48. Benefit of paying modified penalty 1 49. Application of penalties collected 1 Division 3 — Other provisions 50. Authority exempt from certain rates and taxes 1 51. Execution of documents by Authority 1 52. Contract formalities 1 53. Assignment of benefit of contract 1 54. Protection from liability for wrongdoing 1 55. Exchange of information 1 56. Authorised persons and security officers 1 57. Obtaining details of certain offenders 1 58. Offenders may be taken into custody in some circumstances 1 59. Security officer may help execute certain warrants 1 60. Searching persons taken into custody 1 61. Search without warrant 1 62. Provisions about searching a person 1 63. Seizure of property 1 64. Unclaimed property 1 64A. Prohibiting people from being on or in a conveyance or facility 1 64B. Contravention of prohibition order 1 65. Ejecting people from Authority property 1 66. Prosecutions 1 67. Young offenders 1 68. Proof of certain matters 1 69. Regulations 1 70. Review of Act 1 Part 7 — Transitional matters Division 1 — Metropolitan passenger transport functions from Minister to Authority 71. Terms used 1 72. Minister may make transfer order 1 73. Consequences of transfer order 1 74. Completion of necessary transactions 1 75. Registration of documents 1 76. Rectifying error in transfer order 1 77. Certain Crown land 1 78. Metropolitan Passenger Transport Fund 1 Division 2 — Transition from former Government Railways Act 1904 bodies to Authority 79. Terms used 1 80. Authority is successor of former bodies 1 81. Transitional provisions 1 82. Completion of necessary transactions 1 83. Registration of documents 1 84. By‑laws under Government Railways Act 1904 section 23 continue 1 85. References in written laws to former bodies 1 Division 3 — Transition from Rail Corridor Minister to Authority 86. Terms used 1 87. Transitional provisions 1 88. Completion of necessary transactions 1 89. Registration of documents 1 90. References in written laws to Rail Corridor Minister 1 Division 4 — Abolition of Metropolitan (Perth) Passenger Transport Trust 91. Winding up of affairs of Metropolitan (Perth) Passenger Transport Trust 1 Division 5 — State tax implications of transitions 92. Exemption from State tax 1 Division 6 — Other provisions 93. Certain contributions by former body suffice 1 94. Tourist railways 1 95. Saving 1 Notes Compilation table 1 Other notes 1 Defined terms Western Australia Public Transport Authority Act 2003 An Act to establish a State agency responsible for providing public passenger transport services anywhere in the State and performing functions under other Acts, to amend or repeal certain Acts 1, and to provide for related matters.