Western Australia
Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000
CONTENTS
Part 1 — Preliminary
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
3. Interpretation 2
4. Redevelopment area defined 3
Part 2 — Functions
5. Functions of the Authority under this Act 4
6. Compulsory taking of land 4
7. Power of Governor to direct transfer to Authority 4
8. Temporary closure of streets 5
9. Permanent closure of streets 6
Part 3 — Master plan
Division 1 — General
10. Authority to comply with master plan or FRIARS Final Strategy document 7
Division 2 — Preparation and approval of master plan
11. Contents of master plan 7
12. Proposed master plan 7
13. Proposed master plan to be publicly notified 8
14. Public submissions 9
15. Submission of plan to Commission and approval by Minister10
16. Notice of approval 11
Division 3 — Amendment of master plan
17. Amendment of master plan 11
Division 4 — Role of Environmental Protection Authority in respect of master plans, etc.
18. Reference of proposed master plans, and proposed amendments to master plans, to Environmental Protection Authority12
19. Prerequisite to submission of proposed master plans, and proposed amendments to master plans, to Commission for approval before public notification13
20. Role of Authority in relation to environmental submissions 14
21. Prerequisite to final approval by Minister of proposed master plan and proposed amendments to master plan14
Part 4 — Development control
22. Crown bound 16
23. Certain planning schemes cease to apply 16
24. Saving 16
25. Development to be approved 17
26. Applications for approval 17
27. Consultation with public authorities 18
28. Commission’s decision 18
29. Appeal 19
30. Liability of officers for offence committed by body corporate19
31. Power to direct cessation or removal of unlawful development 20
32. Powers of Minister to ensure that environmental conditions are met 21
33. Compensation 23
Part 5 — General
34. Modification of other laws 25
35. Regulations 26
36. Review of Act 26
Part 6 — Amendment of various Acts
37. Environmental Protection Act 1986 amended 27
38. Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959 amended 28
39. Town Planning and Development Act 1928 amended 29
Schedule 1 — Redevelopment area
Defined Terms
Western Australia
Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000
No. 77 of 2000
An Act to provide for the development and redevelopment of certain land in the local government districts of Cockburn and Kwinana, to confer planning, development control and other functions in respect of that land, and for related purposes.
[Assented to 7 December 2000]
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1 — Preliminary
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000.
2. Commencement
(1) Subject to this section, this Act comes into operation on a day fixed by proclamation.
(2) The day fixed under subsection (1) is to be after the day that the Minister approves the FRIARS Final Strategy document under section 3(2).
(3) Section 3(2) comes into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
3. Interpretation
(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —
“Authority” means the Western Australian Land Authority established by section 5(1) of the Western Australian Land Authority Act 1992;
“commencement of this Act” means the day fixed by proclamation under section 2(1);
“Commission” means the Western Australian Planning Commission established by section 4 of the Western Australian Planning Commission Act 1985;
“development” has the same meaning as it has in the Town Planning Act, but does not include any work, act or activity declared by regulations made under section 35
“EPA” means the Environmental Protection Authority continued in existence under the EP Act;
“EP Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1986;
“FRIARS Final Strategy document” means the document approved in writing by the Minister under subsection (2);
“master plan” means a master plan in force under Part 3
“Metropolitan Region Scheme” has the same meaning as it has in the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959;
“Minister for the Environment” means the Minister to whom the Governor has for the time being committed the administration of the EP Act;
“public authority” means a Minister of the Crown in right of the State, Government department, State trading concern, State instrumentality, State public utility and any other person or body, whether corporate or not, who or which, under the authority of a written law, administers or carries on for the benefit of the State a social service or public utility;
“redevelopment area” means the area referred to in section 4(1);
“Town Planning Act” means the Town Planning and Development Act 1928.
(2) The Minister is to approve in writing a document as being the Fremantle Rockingham Industrial Area Regional Strategy Final Strategy document (the “FRIARS Final Strategy document”) for the purposes of this Act.
4. Redevelopment area defined
(2) In any proceedings, a plan purporting to be a copy of a plan referred to in Schedule 1 showing the boundaries or any boundary of the redevelopment area is evidence of those boundaries or that boundary.
Part 2 — Functions
5. Functions of the Authority under this Act
(1) The functions of the Authority under this Act are to plan, undertake, promote and coordinate the development and redevelopment of land in the redevelopment area.
(2) For the purpose set out in subsection (1), the Authority is to prepare and keep under review the master plan for the redevelopment area in accordance with Part 3.
(3) The Authority may exercise any of its powers under the Western Australian Land Authority Act 1992 for the purpose of performing a function conferred on it under this Act.
6. Compulsory taking of land
(1) Development or redevelopment of land under, and the carrying out of, this Act and any incidental work is a public work for the purposes of Parts 9 and 10 of the Land Administration Act 1997 and the Public Works Act 1902, and, if necessary for any of those purposes, the Authority is to be taken to be a local authority within the meaning of the Public Works Act 1902.
(2) In applying Parts 9 and 10 of the Land Administration Act 1997 and the Public Works Act 1902 for the purposes of this section, sections 187, 188, 189, 190, and 191 of the Land Administration Act 1997 do not apply to land in the redevelopment area taken or acquired under the Public Works Act 1902 before the commencement of this Act.
(3) If land referred to in subsection (2) is not required for the public work for which it was taken or acquired, the land may be held or used for some other purpose authorised by this Act.
7. Power of Governor to direct transfer to Authority
(1) The Governor may by order direct a public authority to transfer to the Authority all of the estate and interest over which the public authority has power of disposal in a piece of land specified in the order.
(2) The power in subsection (1) is only to be exercised in respect of land in the redevelopment area and if the Governor is satisfied that the land is required by the Authority for development or redevelopment under, or otherwise for the purposes of, this Act.
(3) An order under subsection (1) is to specify the terms and conditions subject to which the transfer is to be made.
(4) A public authority is to comply with a direction given to it under subsection (1), despite any other written law.
8. Temporary closure of streets
(1) Despite any provision of the Local Government Act 1995, the Commission may close, or restrict the thoroughfare in, a street in the redevelopment area —
(a) by causing fences and barriers to be placed on or across the street; or
(b) in any other manner,
if, and for the period that, the Commission considers that the closure or restriction is necessary to facilitate development in accordance with this Act.
(2) A street may be closed for more than 3 days under subsection (1) only if the Commission has given at least 14 days’ notice of the closure to the chief executive officers of the City of Cockburn or the Town of Kwinana, or both, as is relevant.
(3) For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority is an eligible body or person within the meaning of section 20 of the Western Australian Planning Commission Act 1985 in respect to the delegation of a function conferred under this section.
(4) In this section and section 9
“street” means a thoroughfare as defined in the Local Government Act 1995.
9. Permanent closure of streets
A street in the redevelopment area may be closed under section 58 of the Land Administration Act 1997 and regulations made under that Act, and for that purpose “local government” in that section and in those regulations —
(a) includes the Commission; and
(b) does not include the City of Cockburn or the Town of Kwinana, or both, as is relevant,
in relation to any such street.
Part 3 — Master plan
Division 1 — General
10. Authority to comply with master plan or FRIARS Final Strategy document
(1) The Authority is to perform its functions under this Act in accordance with —
(a) any master plan;
(b) the FRIARS Final Strategy document in respect of any part of the redevelopment area to which a master plan does not apply.
(2) A copy of the master plan is to be kept in the offices of the Authority and is to be available for inspection by the public during office hours free of charge.
Division 2 — Preparation and approval of master plan
11. Contents of master plan
A master plan to be prepared and submitted under this Division may make any provision that the Authority considers will promote the orderly and proper planning, development and management of the redevelopment area, including any provision that may be made by a town planning scheme under the Town Planning Act.
12. Proposed master plan
(1) The Authority is to submit a proposed master plan to the Commission as soon as is practicable after the commencement of this Act, and in any case, not later than 4 years from that commencement.
(2) The Authority may, under subsection (1), submit a proposed master plan in 2 or more stages, each one being applicable to a part of the redevelopment area, and if it does so —
(a) this Part applies to each stage separately; and
(b) a reference in this Act or another written law to a, or the, master plan may be read as a reference to a master plan for part of the redevelopment area as provided for by this subsection.
(a) after consultation with the City of Cockburn and the Town of Kwinana (whether that consultation occurred before or after the commencement of this Act); and
(b) having regard to the views of those local governments.
(a) consent or refuse to consent to the public notification of a proposed master plan submitted under this section; or
(b) consent to such public notification subject to modifications being made to the plan, as directed by the Commission.
(5) If the Commission refuses to consent to the public notification of a proposed master plan submitted under this section, the Commission is to give directions to the Authority as to the preparation of a further plan to be submitted under this section.
(6) The Authority is to comply with any direction of the Commission under subsection (4) or (5).
13. Proposed master plan to be publicly notified
(1) Public notification of a proposed master plan in respect of which the Commission has given consent under section 12(4) is to be given in accordance with subsection (2).
(2) The proposed master plan is to be publicly notified by the Authority by the publication —
(a) in the Gazette; and
(b) in 2 issues of a daily newspaper circulating in the local government districts of Cockburn and Kwinana,
of a notice —
(c) specifying the places at which —
(i) a copy of the proposed master plan may be inspected; and
(ii) copies of the proposed master plan may be obtained;
and
(d) stating the effect of section 14
(3) The Authority may fix and charge a fee for supplying copies of a proposed master plan.
(4) The Authority must, in addition to complying with subsection (2), make reasonable endeavours to consult in respect of the proposed master plan such public authorities and persons as appear to the Authority to be likely to be affected by that master plan.
14. Public submissions
(1) Written submissions on the proposed master plan may be made by any person —
(b) by delivering or posting them so that they are received within that period at the offices of the Authority.
15. Submission of plan to Commission and approval by Minister
(1) After sections 20
(2) The plan as so submitted is to be accompanied by —
(a) a summary of all submissions made under section 14; and
(b) a report by the Authority on the merits of those submissions.
(3) The Commission is to consider the proposed master plan and the summary and report accompanying it and make a recommendation to the Minister that the Minister —
(a) approve or refuse to approve the proposed master plan; or
(b) approve the plan subject to modifications being made to the plan, as recommended by the Commission.
(4) The Minister, after taking into account the recommendations of the Commission, is to —
(a) approve or refuse to approve the proposed master plan; or
(b) approve the plan subject to modifications being made to the plan, as directed by the Minister.
(5) If the Minister refuses to approve a proposed master plan submitted under this section, the Minister is to give directions to the Authority as to the preparation of a further plan to be submitted under section 12
(6) The Authority is to comply with any direction of the Minister under subsection (4) or (5).
(7) The text of any direction given under subsection (4) or (5) is to be —
(a) laid before each House of Parliament within 28 sitting days of that House after the day on which the direction is given; and
(b) included in the annual report submitted by the accountable authority of the Authority under section 66 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985.
16. Notice of approval
(1) Notice that a master plan has been approved by the Minister under section 15
(3) The Authority may fix and charge a fee for supplying copies of a master plan.
Division 3 — Amendment of master plan
17. Amendment of master plan
(1) A master plan may be amended in accordance with this section.
(2) The Authority is to submit any proposed amendment to the Commission.
(3) The following provisions apply for the purposes of this section, with all necessary changes —
(a) sections 12(3) and (4), 13 and 15
(b) section 12(5)
(i) the reference to a proposed master plan were a reference to the proposed amendment to the master plan; and
(ii) the reference to a further plan were a reference to another amendment;
(c) section 14
(i) to the proposed master plan were a reference to a proposed amendment to the master plan; and
(ii) to 60 days were a reference to 42 days;
(d) section 16, as if references in that section to a master plan were references to the amendment to a master plan.
Division 4 — Role of Environmental Protection Authority in respect of master plans, etc.
18. Reference of proposed master plans, and proposed amendments to master plans, to Environmental Protection Authority
When the Authority resolves to prepare a master plan, or an amendment to a master plan, the Authority must forthwith refer the master plan or amendment to the EPA by giving to the EPA—
(a) written notice of that resolution; and
(b) such written information about the master plan or amendment as is sufficient to enable the EPA to comply with section 48A of the EP Act in relation to the master plan or amendment.
19. Prerequisite to submission of proposed master plans, and proposed amendments to master plans, to Commission for approval before public notification
(1) When the EPA has acted under section 48C(1)(a) of the EP Act in relation to a proposed master plan or a proposed amendment to a master plan, the Authority must, if it wishes to proceed with that master plan or amendment, undertake an environmental review of that master plan or amendment in accordance with the relevant instructions issued under that section and must not submit that master plan or amendment to the Commission for consent to public notification under section 12
(a) the Authority has forwarded that review to the EPA; and
(b) the EPA has advised that that review has been undertaken in accordance with those instructions, or 30 days have elapsed since that forwarding without the EPA having advised whether or not that review has been undertaken in accordance with those instructions, whichever first occurs.
(2) If the EPA has advised that the review has not been undertaken in accordance with the relevant instructions issued under section 48C(1)(a) of the EP Act, the Authority may —
(a) comply with subsection (1) in respect of the master plan or amendment concerned; or
(b) request the Minister to consult the Minister for the Environment and, if possible, agree with him or her on whether or not that review has been undertaken in accordance with those instructions.
(3) If the Minister, having complied with a request under subsection (2), and the Minister for the Environment —
(a) agree on whether or not the review has been undertaken in accordance with the relevant instructions, their decision is to be final and without appeal; or
(b) cannot so agree, section 48J of the EP Act applies.
20. Role of Authority in relation to environmental submissions
When the Authority has been informed under section 48A(1)(b)(i) of the EP Act that the proposed master plan or amendment should be assessed by the EPA under Part IV Division 3 of the EP Act, the Authority must —
(a) as soon as practicable, but in any event within 7 days after the expiry of the period referred to in section 14(1)(a)
(i) made under section 14, or under section 17 as read with section 14 as the case requires; and
(ii) relating wholly or in part to environmental issues raised by that master plan or amendment;
and
(b) within 42 days, or such longer period as the Minister allows, after the expiry of the period referred to in section 14(1)(a), or section 17 as read with section 14(1)(a) as the case requires, inform the EPA of its views on and response to the environmental issues raised by submissions referred to in paragraph (a) and received within that period.
21. Prerequisite to final approval by Minister of proposed master plan and proposed amendments to master plan
The Minister is not to approve under section 15
(a) he or she is informed under section 48A(1)(a) of the EP Act that the EPA considers that that master plan or amendment should not be assessed by the EPA under Part IV Division 3 of the EP Act;
(b) he or she has received a statement delivered under section 48F(2), or a decision has been made under section 48J, of the EP Act in respect of the conditions, if any, to which that master plan or amendment is subject; or
(c) the period of 28 days referred to in section 48A(1)(b)(i) of the EP Act has expired without the EPA having informed the Authority under that section,
whichever first occurs, and he or she is satisfied that the conditions, if any, to which that master plan or amendment is subject have been incorporated into that master plan or amendment.
Part 4 — Development control
22. Crown bound
This Part binds the Crown.
23. Certain planning schemes cease to apply
(2) Section 37 of the Interpretation Act 1984 applies in respect of the repeal effected by subsection (1) as if the planning schemes were enactments within the meaning of that section.
“planning schemes” means —
(a) any town planning scheme under the Town Planning Act that is in operation in the redevelopment area immediately before the commencement of this Act; and
(b) the Metropolitan Region Scheme.
(4) Subsection (2) has effect subject to any provision of the master plan relating to non‑conforming uses.
24. Saving
(1) This Part does not apply to a development that was lawfully being carried out in the redevelopment area immediately before the commencement of this Act.
(2) A development referred to in subsection (1), or in respect of which all necessary approvals under the planning schemes referred to in section 23(3) were in force immediately before the commencement of this Act —
(a) may be lawfully carried out as if this Part had not been passed; and
(b) is to be governed by those schemes despite section 23(1).
(3) A development in respect of which an approval under section 28 is in force immediately before —
(a) a master plan comes into force in respect of the land the subject of the approval; or
(b) an amendment to a master plan comes into force under section 17
may be lawfully carried out as if the master plan or amendment had not come into force.
25. Development to be approved
(1) A person must not undertake any development or cause any development to be undertaken on land that is in, or partly in, the redevelopment area without the approval of the Commission or in contravention of a condition attached to an approval.
Penalty: $50 000, and a daily penalty of $5 000.
(2) The requirements of subsection (1) extend to the Authority.
(3) It is immaterial for the purposes of this Part that a development is undertaken in the performance of a function vested in a person by a written law.
26. Applications for approval
(1) An application for approval under section 25
(2) An application is to be accompanied by plans and specifications of the proposed development, and an applicant is also to provide any information or documents relating to the proposed development that the Commission may reasonably require.
(3) A local government which receives an application under subsection (1) is to forward it to the Commission within 7 days of receiving it.
(4) A local government may make recommendations to the Commission regarding an application it has forwarded to the Commission within 42 days, or such longer period as the Commission allows, of the receipt of the application by the local government.
27. Consultation with public authorities
The Commission may consult on a proposed development with any public authority that has functions relevant to, or whose operations are likely to be affected by, the proposed development.
28. Commission’s decision
(1) After the expiry of the period referred to in section 26(4) within which the local government may make recommendations, the Commission may grant or refuse to grant approval of the proposed development having regard to —
(a) any master plan in force under Part 3;
(b) if a master plan is not in force in respect of the land the subject of the application, the FRIARS Final Strategy document;
(c) any relevant environmental protection policy approved under Part III of the EP Act;
(d) recommendations under section 26(4);
(e) consultations under section 27; and
(f) the requirements of orderly and proper planning.
(2) The Commission
(3) The Commission may limit the time for which an approval remains in force.
(4) An approval under this section is in addition to, and does not derogate from, the requirements of any other written law.
(5) Subject to subsection (6), the Commission is to cause notice in writing of its decision to be given to the applicant, the relevant local government and any public authority consulted under section 27.
(6) The Commission is to be taken to have made a decision to refuse approval of a proposed development if the applicant has not received notice in writing of the Commission’s decision under subsection (5) within 60 days of the application being forwarded to the Commission, or such longer period as is agreed in writing by the applicant and the Commission before the expiry of the 60 day period.
29. Appeal
(1) An applicant may appeal, in accordance with Part V of the Town Planning Act, from a decision of the Commission under section
(2) An appeal may be allowed with or without conditions, or further conditions may be attached, or the appeal may be rejected in whole or in part.
30. Liability of officers for offence committed by body corporate
(1) If a body corporate is guilty of an offence against section 25 and it is proved that —
(a) the offence was committed with the consent or connivance of an officer of the body corporate; or
(b) an officer of the body corporate failed to exercise all the due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence that ought to have been exercised having regard to the nature of the officer’s functions and to all the circumstances,
the officer commits the offence.
(2) In subsection (1) —
“officer”, in relation to a body corporate, means —
(a) a director, secretary or executive officer of the body corporate;
(b) a receiver, or receiver and manager, of property of the body corporate, or any other authorised person who enters into possession or assumes control of property of the body corporate for the purpose of enforcing any charge;
(c) an official manager or a deputy official manager of the body corporate;
(d) a liquidator of the body corporate; and
(e) a trustee or other person administering a compromise or arrangement made between the body corporate and another person or other persons,
and any other person, by whatever name called and whether or not a director of the body corporate, who is concerned, or takes part, in the management of the body corporate.
31. Power to direct cessation or removal of unlawful development
(1) The Commission may —
(a) by notice in writing served on a person who is undertaking any development in contravention of section 25, direct the person to stop doing so immediately; or
(b) by notice in writing served on a person who has undertaken any development in contravention of that section, direct the person within a period not less than 21 days after the service of the notice, as is specified in the notice, to remove, pull down, take up, or alter any development undertaken in contravention of that section,
or may by one notice give both directions to a person.
(2) A person on whom a notice is served containing a direction under subsection (1)(b) may, within the period specified in the notice, appeal to the Minister against the direction, and on the appeal the Minister may confirm, vary or cancel the direction.
(3) A notice containing a direction under subsection (1)(b) is suspended as to that direction pending the determination of the appeal.
(4) If the Minister confirms or varies the direction under subsection (2), the Minister may, by notice in writing served on the person, direct the person to comply with the direction as so confirmed or varied, within a period not less than 21 days after the service of the notice, as is specified in the notice.
(5) A person must comply with a notice given to the person under this section.
Penalty: $50 000, and a daily penalty of $5 000.
(6) If a person fails to comply with a notice given to the person under subsection (1)(b), the Commission, after the expiry of the period within which an appeal may be brought under subsection (2) and subject to the determination of any such appeal, may itself remove, pull down, take up or alter the development and may recover from the person in any court of competent jurisdiction the costs incurred by it in so doing.
32. Powers of Minister to ensure that environmental conditions are met
(1) In this section —
“assessed scheme” means a master plan, or an amendment to a master plan, that is an assessed scheme within the meaning of the EP Act;
“environmental condition” means a condition agreed under section 48F of the EP Act or decided under section 48J of the EP Act.
(2) After receiving advice from the Minister for the Environment under section 48H(4) of the EP Act the Minister may exercise one or more of the powers set out in subsection (3) in relation to a development implementing an assessed scheme.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) the Minister may —
(a) by order in writing served on the person who is undertaking the development, direct the person to stop doing so for such period, beginning immediately and lasting not more than 24 hours, as is specified in the order;
(b) cause the Commission to serve a notice on the person who is undertaking the development directing the person to take such steps as are specified in the notice, within such period as is so specified, for the purpose of —
(i) complying with; or
(ii) preventing any non‑compliance with,
the environmental condition to which the Minister for the Environment’s advice relates;
or
(c) advise the Commission to cause such steps to be taken as are necessary for the purpose of —
(i) complying with; or
(ii) preventing any non‑compliance with,
the environmental condition to which the Minister for the Environment’s advice relates.
(4) A person must comply with an order or notice served on the person under subsection (3)(a) or (b).
Penalty: $50 000, and a daily penalty of $5 000.
(5) Nothing in this section prevents or otherwise affects the application of Part V of the EP Act to —
(a) a development referred to in subsection (2); or
(b) pollution caused by any non‑compliance with an environmental condition referred to in subsection (3).
33. Compensation
(1) Sections 11(1) and (4) and 12 of the Town Planning Act apply with all necessary changes to land in the redevelopment area as if —
(a) the master plan were a town planning scheme under that Act; and
(b) the Commission were a local government or a responsible authority under that Act.
(2) If under the master plan any land is reserved, zoned or classified for a public purpose, Part V (other than sections 36A, 37 and 37A) of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959 applies with all necessary changes as if —
(a) the land were reserved for a public purpose under the Metropolitan Region Scheme;
(b) references in that Part to the Scheme were references to the master plan; and
(c) in section 36(1)(b) of that Act, “amended” were substituted for “varied, amplified or revoked by the Commission”.
(3) Compensation is not payable under an Act as applied by subsection (1) or (2) if payment has been made for the same, or substantially the same, injurious affection under that Act as in operation otherwise than as applied by this section.
(4)If a claim for compensation has been made but not disposed of before the commencement of this Act, and is one that might have been made under this section, the claim may be continued after that commencement as if it had been made under this section.
Part 5 — General
34. Modification of other laws
(1) Section 33 of the Town Planning Act applies with all necessary modifications for the purpose of carrying out a master plan as if the reference in that section —
(a) to an approved scheme were a reference to that master plan;
(b) to the responsible authority were a reference to the Commission; and
(c) to an Act were a reference to a written law.
(a) the method of valuation of land to be used by a local government as the basis for a rate on rateable land within the redevelopment area is to be —
(i) the same method used in relation to that land immediately before the commencement of this Act, unless paragraph (b) applies; and
(ii) if a development has commenced in respect of the land, the method of valuation to be used in accordance with the use approved in respect of the development;
and
(b) under section 6.32(1) of that Act, a local government may not impose on rateable land in the redevelopment area —
(i) a rate differentially;
(ii) a specified area rate;
(iii) a minimum payment; or
(iv) a service charge,
merely on the basis that the land is in the redevelopment area.
(3) Subsection (2) does not affect the operation of section 32 of the Western Australian Land Authority Act 1992.
(4) In subsection (2) —
“rateable land” has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1995;
(a) a development approved under Part 4; or
(b) a development in respect of which all necessary approvals under the planning schemes referred to in section 23(3) were in force immediately before the commencement of this Act.
35. Regulations
(1) The Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for giving effect to the purposes of this Act.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), regulations may provide for —
(a) the procedure to be followed in applications for approval under Part 4; and
(b) the imposition and payment of fees and charges in connection with those applications.
36. Review of Act
(1) The Minister is to carry out a review of the operation and effectiveness of this Act as soon as is practicable after the expiration of 5 years from the commencement of this Act.
(2) In the course of the review the Minister is to consider and have regard to —
(a) the need for the continuation of this Act; and
(b) any other matters that appear to the Minister to be relevant to the operation and effectiveness of this Act.
Part 6 — Amendment of various Acts
37. Environmental Protection Act 1986 amended
(1) This section amends the Environmental Protection Act 1986*.
(2) Section 3(1) is amended as follows:
(a) in the definition of “final approval”, after paragraph (aa) the following paragraph is inserted —
“
(ab) prepared under the Hope Valley‑Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000, means approval under section 15 of that Act, or under section 17 of that Act as read with that section;
”;
(b) in the definition of “period of public review”, after paragraph (aa) the following paragraph is inserted —
“
(ab) prepared under the Hope Valley‑Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000, means period referred to in section 14(1)(a) of that Act, or in section 17 of that Act as read with that section;
”;
(c) in the definition of “responsible authority”, after subparagraph (a)(ia) the following subparagraph is inserted —
“
(ib) prepared under the Hope Valley‑Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000, means the Western Australian Land Authority established by section 5(1) of the Western Australian Land Authority Act 1992;
”;
(d) in the definition of “scheme”, after paragraph (aa) the following paragraph is inserted —
“
(ab) master plan within the meaning of the Hope Valley‑Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000, or amendment to such a master plan;
”;
(e) the definition of “scheme Act” is amended by inserting after “1991,” —
“ Hope Valley‑Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000, ”.
(3) Section 48C(7) is amended, in the definition of “public review”, after paragraph (aa) by inserting the following paragraph —
“
(ab) prepared under the Hope Valley‑Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000, means procedure referred to in sections 13
”.
[* Reprinted as at 16 April 1999.
For subsequent amendments see Act No. 38 of 1999.]
38. Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959 amended
(1) This section amends the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959*.
(2) Section 32A(3) is amended as follows:
(a) after “1994” by deleting “or” and inserting a comma;
(b) after “1999” by inserting —
“
or section 23
”;
(c) by deleting “under Part 4 of any of those Acts” and substituting instead —
“
or a master plan, within the meaning of the relevant Act
”.
(3) Section 38(4) is amended as follows:
(a) after “1994” by deleting “or” and inserting a comma;
(b) after “1999” by inserting —
“
or the Hope Valley‑Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000
”.
[* Reprinted as at 4 February 2000.]
39. Town Planning and Development Act 1928 amended
(1) This section amends the Town Planning and Development Act 1928*.
(2) Section 6(4) is amended as follows —
(a) after “area” by inserting a hyphen;
(b) by inserting the paragraph designation “(a)” before “within”; and
(c) by deleting the full stop and inserting instead —
“
or
(b) within the meaning in the Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000.
”.
(3) Section 31(2a) is amended —
(a) after “1994” by deleting “or” and inserting a comma; and
(b) after 1999 by inserting —
“
or a master plan approved under Part 3 of the Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000
”.
(4) Section 37 is amended in the definition of “appeal”, by inserting after paragraph (bc) the following paragraph —
“
(bd) an appeal under section 29 of the Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000;
”.
[* Reprinted as at 19 march 1999.
For subsequent amendments see 1999 index to Legislation of
Western Australia, Table 1, p. 254, and Act No. 24 of 2000.]
Schedule 1 —
[s. 4 ]
All of the land in the area described as the redevelopment area on Plan No. 1 held at the office of the Western Australian Land Authority, that plan being certified by the Minister as being the plan prepared for the purpose of defining the redevelopment area.
For guidance, the redevelopment area is indicated in the following representation of Plan No. 1 —
Defined Terms
[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]
assessed scheme........................................................................................................33(1)
Authority.......................................................................................................................3(1)
commencement of this Act.........................................................................................3(1)
Commission...................................................................................................................3(1)
development.......................................................................................................3(1), 35(4)
environmental condition...........................................................................................33(1)
EPA................................................................................................................................3(1)
EP Act............................................................................................................................3(1)
FRIARS Final Strategy document.............................................................................3(2)
local government............................................................................................................10
master plan....................................................................................................................3(1)
Metropolitan Region Scheme.....................................................................................3(1)
Minister for the Environment.....................................................................................3(1)
officer...........................................................................................................................31(2)
planning schemes......................................................................................................24(3)
public authority............................................................................................................3(1)
rateable land................................................................................................................35(4)
redevelopment area......................................................................................................3(1)
street..............................................................................................................................9(4)
Town Planning Act......................................................................................................3(1)