Western Australia
Railway (Tilley to Karara) Act 2010
Western Australia
Railway (Tilley to Karara) Act 2010
CONTENTS
Part 1 — Preliminary
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
Part 2 — Authority to construct railway
3. Authority to construct Tilley to Karara railway 3
Part 3 — Application of various written laws if construction of railway undertaken by contractor
4. Terms used 4
5. Application of Part 4
6. Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 4
7. Environmental Protection Act 1986 4
Schedule 1 — Line of Tilley to Karara Railway
Western Australia
Railway (Tilley to Karara) Act 2010
No. 25 of 2010
An Act to authorise the construction of a railway from Tilley to Karara, and for related purposes.
[Assented to 7 July 2010]
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1 — Preliminary
1. Short title
This is the Railway (Tilley to Karara) Act 2010.
2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Part 2 — Authority to construct railway
3. Authority to construct Tilley to Karara railway
A railway, with all necessary, proper and usual works and facilities in connection with the railway, may be constructed and maintained along the line described in Schedule 1.
Part 3 — Application of various written laws if construction of railway undertaken by contractor
4. Terms used
In this Part —
proposal has the meaning given in the Environmental Protection Act 1986 section 3(1);
Public Transport Authority means the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia established under the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 section 5;
specified means specified or described in the regulations.
5. Application of Part
This Part applies if the Public Transport Authority enters into a contract or arrangement with another person (the contractor) for the construction of all, or part, of the railway (the construction of the railway).
6. Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972
For the purposes of the construction of the railway, the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 applies in relation to any land required to be used for the construction of the railway as if the contractor were the owner of that land.
7. Environmental Protection Act 1986
For the purposes of the construction of the railway, the Environmental Protection Act 1986 applies as if, despite anything else in that Act, the contractor had been nominated under section 38(6) of that Act as the person responsible for any proposal in respect of the construction of the railway.
Schedule 1 —
[s. 3]
1. The Tilley to Karara railway commences about 336.5 kilometres along the Avon Yard to Mullewa Railway line at point 1 in the sequence specified in the Table then continues, generally in an easterly or south‑easterly direction, along a straight line between each of the points in the sequence, and terminates at point 10, about 74 kilometres from point 1.
Table
Point no. |
East |
North |
1 |
404000 |
6773000 |
2 |
418900 |
6773000 |
3 |
420000 |
6773700 |
4 |
423803 |
6774160 |
5 |
428775 |
6770355 |
6 |
443240 |
6770410 |
7 |
450215 |
6772010 |
8 |
467440 |
6771655 |
9 |
471475 |
6772630 |
10 |
474220 |
6771125 |
Note: Coordinate references are to Map Grid of Australia 1994 grid coordinates in Zone 50 of the Universal Transverse Mercator Grid System based on the Geocentric Datum of Australia.
2. The course to be taken by the railway is shown as a red line on Public Transport Authority Plan 17‑C‑15‑1001.
By Authority: JOHN A. STRIJK, Government Printer