Rail Freight System Act 2000 (WA)

Western Australia Rail Freight System Act 2000 Western Australia Rail Freight System Act 2000 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Short title 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms used 1 4. Land etc. belonging to State, references to 1 5. Disposing of land etc. belonging to State, references to 1 6. Things on land, meaning of 1 7. Property in things on land 1 8. Government railways, effect on of disposals etc. under this Act 1 9. Relationship with other Acts 1 10. Act binds Crown 1 Part 2 — Disposal and related matters Division 1 — Disposal, generally 11. Proposals for disposal of rail freight business 1 12. Limitations on disposal of land 1 13. Agreements to give effect to proposals for disposals 1 14. Agreements under s. 13, content of 1 15. Land Administration Act 1997 s. 18, operation of affected 1 16. Authority's functions 1 18. Auditor General may disclose information 1 19. Effect of this Part on contracts etc. 1 20. Indemnities and guarantees, provision of by State 1 21. Regulations 1 Division 2 — Assignment and related matters 22. Terms used 1 23. Transfer orders 1 24. Transfer orders, consequences of 1 25. Transfer order etc., completion of transactions for 1 26. Certain instruments as to Authority's internal arrangements may be specified in transfer order 1 27. Records, arrangements for delivery of etc. 1 28. Registration of documents to show effect of transfer orders etc. 1 29. Error in transfer order, correcting 1 30. Proceeds of disposals, application of 1 Part 3 — Railway corridors Division 1 — Preliminary and administrative matters 31. Term used: Authority land 1 32. Authority's powers for purposes of this Act 1 33. Guidelines for Authority 1 Division 2 — Ordering land to be, or be no longer, corridor land 34. Authority land, designating as corridor land or land other than corridor land 1 35. Corridor land, descriptions of and orders as to 1 36. Land other than Authority land, designating as corridor land 1 37. Land may be ordered to be no longer corridor land 1 38. Identifying land in an order 1 39. Errors in order, correcting 1 40. When order comes into operation 1 41. Notation on title to corridor land 1 Division 3 — Dealing with corridor land and things on it 42. Authority's functions as to corridor land and certain things on it 1 43. Authority to fulfil State's obligations under s. 13 agreement 1 44. Other persons to convey property disposed of by Authority 1 Division 4 — Regulatory and other matters to do with corridor land 45. Dividing Fences Act 1961, application of to corridor land 1 46. Corridor land not subject to certain rates or taxes 1 47. No construction on corridor land without consent 1 48. Restrictions on use etc. of corridor land 1 49. Delegation by Authority 1 50. Regulations, specific subjects for 1 51. Protecting corridor land etc., use of entry powers for 1 52. Assistants etc., entry by 1 53. Entering property, general procedure for 1 54. Notice of intended entry 1 55. Entry under warrant 1 56. Entry in an emergency 1 57. Purpose of entry to be given on request 1 Part 4 — Miscellaneous 58. Civil penalty, agreements etc. may provide for 1 59. Regulations 1 Part 5 — Amendments to, or modification of, other Acts Division 4 — Land Administration Act 1997 96. Act amended or modified 1 100. Sections 187‑191 not to apply 1 101. Taking of land to be as if for conferral of rights 1 Division 7 — Planning and Development Act 2005 105. Sections 135 and 136 not to apply 1 Notes Compilation table 1 Other notes 1 Defined terms Western Australia Rail Freight System Act 2000 An Act to provide for — • the disposal of the State rail freight business and things associated with that business and the assignment of things to give effect to a disposal; • the identification of railway land corridors and the management of them, to amend 1 or modify the operation of — • the Railways (Access) Act 1998 2; • the Government Railways Act 1904; • the Hire‑Purchase Act 1959; • the Land Administration Act 1997; • the National Rail Corporation Agreement Act 1992 3; and • the Planning and Development Act 2005, and for related purposes. [Long title amended: No. 31 of 2003 s. 170; No. 38 of 2005 s. 15.]