Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
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approved means approved by the CEO;
documentation includes a document, application,
report, return, certificate, decision, statement or recommendation and
information or data;
publish includes keep a public record of and make
available for public inspection;
submit includes make, provide or produce.
(2) Forms may be
prescribed or approved for use in submitting documentation under this Act.
(3) If a form is
prescribed or approved for use in submitting documentation, the documentation
must be submitted in, and in accordance with, that form but deviations from
the form not materially affecting the substance, nor likely to mislead, do not
invalidate the form used.
(4) Regulations may
make provision with respect to —
(a)
publishing documentation submitted or obtained under, or created for the
purposes of, this Act; and
(b)
measures and procedures for maintaining confidentiality in respect of
documentation, including —
(i)
the making of a request that documentation not be
published; and
(ii)
the manner in which a request of that kind is to be made,
received and dealt with.
(5) Without limiting
subsection (4)(a), regulations may require or authorise the publication of
documentation that is not otherwise required or authorised under this Act to
be published.
(6) Subject to the
measures or procedures referred to in subsection (4)(b) —
(a)
documentation must or can be published if this Act requires or authorises it
to be published; and
(b) if a
manner is prescribed for use in publishing documentation, it must be published
in that manner.
[Section 122B inserted: No. 40 of 2020 s. 99.]