Western Australian Planning Commission Amendment Act 2003

 

Western Australian Planning Commission Amendment Act 2003

CONTENTS

1.           Short title                                                                         1

2.           The Act amended                                                             2

3.           Section 5 amended                                                           2

4.           Section 19 amended                                                          2

 

 

 

Western Australian Planning Commission Amendment Act 2003

No. 69 of 2003

An Act to amend the Western Australian Planning Commission Act 1985.

 

[Assented to 9 December 2003]

 

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

1.           Short title

             This Act may be cited as the Western Australian Planning Commission Amendment Act 2003.

2.           The Act amended

             The amendments in this Act are to the Western Australian Planning Commission Act 1985*.

              [* Reprinted as at 16 March 2001.

                 For subsequent amendments see Western Australian Legislation Information Tables for 2002, Table 1, p. 429 and Act No. 24 of 2002.]

3.           Section 5 amended

     (1)    Section 5(1)(b) is amended by deleting “4 other” and inserting instead —

             “ 5 other ”.

     (2)    After section 5(1)(b)(ii) “and” is deleted and the following is inserted instead —

    (iii)    one is to be a person nominated by the Minister as having experience in the field of coastal planning and management; and

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4.           Section 19 amended

     (1)    Section 19(1a) is amended as follows:

                 (a)    after paragraph (c) “and” is deleted;

                 (b)    after paragraph (d) the full stop is deleted and the following is inserted instead —

             ; and

    (e)    a committee to be known as the Coastal Planning and Coordination Council.

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     (2)    After section 19(1g) the following subsection is inserted —

 (1ga)    The Coastal Planning and Coordination Council —

    (a)    is to consist of —

     (i)    a presiding member who is to be the member of the Commission referred to in section 5(1)(b)(iii);

     (ii)    the member of the Commission referred to in section 5(1)(c)(i), or a person nominated by that member and approved by the Minister;

    (iii)    the member of the Commission referred to in section 5(1)(c)(v), or a person nominated by that member and approved by the Minister;

    (iv)    the person holding or acting in the office of the chief executive officer of the department principally assisting in the administration of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984, or a person nominated by that person and approved by the Minister;

    (v)    the person holding or acting in the office of the chief executive officer of the department principally assisting in the administration of the Fish Resources Management Act 1994, or a person nominated by that person and approved by the Minister;

    (vi)    the person holding or acting in the office of the chief executive officer of the department principally assisting in the administration of the Mining Act 1978, or a person nominated by that person and approved by the Minister;

   (vii)    the person holding or acting in the office of chief executive officer of the Western Australian Tourism Commission established by the Western Australian Tourism Commission Act 1983, or a person nominated by that person and approved by the Minister;

  (viii)    a person approved by the Minister and appointed by the Commission to represent the interests of local governments within the metropolitan region;

    (ix)    a person approved by the Minister and appointed by the Commission to represent the interests of local governments outside the metropolitan region;

    (x)    at least 2 persons approved by the Minister and appointed by the Commission as having practical knowledge of and experience in one or more of the fields of urban and regional planning, property development, engineering, heritage, community affairs, environmental conservation, indigenous affairs, natural resources management, tourism, coastal planning, urban design, commerce and industry, or the provision of coastal infrastructure; and

    (xi)    such other person or persons as the Commission, after obtaining the approval of the Minister, appoints from time to time;

             and

 

    (b)    is to advise the Commission on matters relating to coastal planning and coordination throughout the State and to perform such of the functions of the Commission under this Act and any other written law as are delegated to the Coastal Planning and Coordination Council under section 20.

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