Western Australian Current Acts

HOPE VALLEY-WATTLEUP REDEVELOPMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 6

6 .         Compulsory taking of land

        (1)         Development or redevelopment of land under, and the carrying out of, this Act and any incidental work is a public work for the purposes of Parts 9 and 10 of the Land Administration Act 1997 and the Public Works Act 1902 , and, if necessary for any of those purposes, the Authority is to be taken to be a local authority within the meaning of the Public Works Act 1902 .

        (2)         In applying Parts 9 and 10 of the Land Administration Act 1997 and the Public Works Act 1902 for the purposes of this section, sections 187, 188, 189, 190, and 191 of the Land Administration Act 1997 do not apply to land in the redevelopment area taken or acquired under the Public Works Act 1902 before the commencement of this Act.

        (3)         If land referred to in subsection (2) is not required for the public work for which it was taken or acquired, the land may be held or used for some other purpose authorised by this Act.