Western Australian Current Acts

BUILDING ACT 2011 - SECT 73

73 .         Buildings incidental to exploiting petroleum and other resources

        (1)         A permit is not required for a building or an incidental structure that is, or is proposed to be, used —

            (a)         in connection with the exploration for, or exploitation of, petroleum resources, geothermal energy resources and other resources, to which the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 or Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 applies; or

            (b)         in the construction, modification, reconstruction, operation or maintenance of a pipeline as defined in the Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969 section 4(1).

        (2)         However, the permit requirement provisions apply to a building or an incidental structure of a kind mentioned in subsection (1) —

            (a)         that is, or is proposed to be, a residential facility or a recreational facility; or

            (b)         that members of the public normally use; or

            (c)         to which members of the public are permitted access.