Western Australian Current Acts

HOPE VALLEY-WATTLEUP REDEVELOPMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 8

8 .         Temporary closure of streets

        (1)         Despite any provision of the Local Government Act 1995 , the Commission may close, or restrict the thoroughfare in, a street in the redevelopment area —

            (a)         by causing fences and barriers to be placed on or across the street; or

            (b)         in any other manner,

                if, and for the period that, the Commission considers that the closure or restriction is necessary to facilitate development in accordance with this Act.

        (2)         A street may be closed for more than 3 days under subsection (1) only if the Commission has given at least 14 days’ notice of the closure to the chief executive officers of the City of Cockburn or the Town of Kwinana, or both, as is relevant.

        (3)         For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority is a public authority to whom the Commission can, under section 16 of the Planning and Development Act 2005 , delegate a function conferred under this section.

        (4)         In this section and section 9 —

        street means a thoroughfare as defined in the Local Government Act 1995 .

        [Section 8 amended: No. 38 of 2005 s. 15.]