Western Australian Current Acts

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 77R

77R .         Powers under this Division cannot be exercised to effect interstate border closure

        (1)         A power under this Division cannot be exercised —

            (a)         to prohibit or prevent persons from entering the State from any other State or any Territory; or

            (b)         to require persons to make an application, or obtain a pass or permit, to enter the State from any other State or any Territory.

        (2)         Subsection (1) applies whether or not the exercise of the power is subject to exceptions or applies only to a class of persons entering from the other State or Territory (for example, to persons entering from a particular area of the other State or Territory).

        (3)         Nothing in this section affects the powers that can be exercised under Part 6 during an emergency situation or state of emergency.

        [Section 77R inserted: No. 33 of 2022 s. 7.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 33 of 2022 s. 7.]