Trans-Continental Railway Act 1911

Western Australia

Trans‑continental Railway Act 1911

An Act to consent to the construction by the Commonwealth of Australia of the Western Australian portion of a Railway from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta; and to enable the Governor to grant to the Commonwealth such waste lands of the Crown in Western Australia as are required for the construction, maintenance, and working of such Railway.

[Assented to 9 January 1912.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: —

1.Short title

This Act may be cited as the Trans‑continental Railway Act 1911.

2.Consent to construction

The State of Western Australia hereby consents to the Parliament of the Commonwealth making laws with respect to the construction of a Railway from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta; and the consent of the State of Western Australia is hereby given to the construction by the Commonwealth in Western Australian Territory of any portion of such Railway which shall be required or authorized to be constructed therein by or pursuant to any Act of the Parliament of the Commonwealth.

3.Power to grant land

The Governor may grant to the Commonwealth, for an estate in fee simple, the surface and the land below the surface to a depth of one hundred and fifty feet of all such waste lands of the Crown in Western Australia as, in the opinion of the Minister of State for the Commonwealth for the time being administering any Act of the Parliament of the Commonwealth authorizing any such Railway as aforesaid, are necessary for the construction, maintenance, and working of the railway intended to be constructed under the powers conferred by such Act.

Provided that no mining operations shall be carried on under the land so granted without the approval of the Executive Government of the Commonwealth.

Notes

1.This is a compilation of the Trans‑continental Railway Act 1911 and includes all amendments effected by the other Acts referred to in the following Table.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and Year	Assent	Commencement	Miscellaneous
Trans‑continental Railway Act 1911	6 of 1912	9 January 1912	9 January 1912