(1) In this Act,
unless the contrary intention appears —
Authority means the Western Australian Land
Authority established by section 5(1) of the
Western Australian Land Authority Act 1992 ;
commencement of this Act means the day fixed by
proclamation under section 2(1) 1 ;
Commission means the Western Australian Planning
Commission established under the Planning and Development Act 2005 ;
development has the same meaning as it has in the
Planning and Development Act 2005 , but does not include any work, act or
activity declared by regulations made under section 35 not to constitute
development;
EP Act means the Environmental Protection Act
1986 ;
EPA means the Environmental Protection Authority
continued in existence under the EP Act;
master plan means a master plan in force under
Part 3;
Metropolitan Region Scheme has the meaning given
to that term in the Planning and Development Act 2005 section 4;
Minister for the Environment means the Minister to
whom the Governor has for the time being committed the administration of the
EP Act;
public authority means a Minister of the Crown in
right of the State, Government department, State trading concern, State
instrumentality, State public utility and any other person or body, whether
corporate or not, who or which, under the authority of a written law,
administers or carries on for the benefit of the State a social service or
public utility;
redevelopment area means the area referred to in
section 4(1).
[(2) deleted]
[Section 3 amended: No. 38 of 2005 s. 15; No. 8 of
2011 s. 5.]