Western Australian Current Acts

COVID-19 RESPONSE AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY OMNIBUS ACT 2020 - SECT 18

18 .         Validation of meetings and decisions

        (1)         Any meeting held or purportedly held, or decision made or purportedly made, under a relevant Act during the period beginning on 16 March 2020 and ending immediately before the day on which this section comes into operation is taken to be, and to have always been, as validly held or made as it would have been if Subdivision 1, and any regulations made under that Subdivision, had been in effect at the time of the meeting or decision.

        (2)         Anything done, or purportedly done, as a result or consequence of, or in reliance on or in relation to, a meeting or decision validated under subsection (1) (a validated meeting or decision ) is as valid and effective, and is taken to have always been as valid and effective, as it would have been if the validated meeting or decision had been valid at the time the thing was done or purportedly done.

        (3)         For the purposes of subsection (1), the relevant Acts are —

            (a)         the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 ; and

            (b)         the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 ; and

            (c)         the Environmental Protection Act 1986 ; and

            (d)         the Litter Act 1979 ; and

            (e)         the Planning and Development Act 2005 ; and

            (f)         the Rottnest Island Authority Act 1987 .

[Subdivision 1 (s. 19-20) ceased to have effect at end of 31 Dec 2022 ¹ .]