Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Minister is to
cause a person, other than an officer of a department or body for which the
Minister is responsible, to carry out a review of the operation and
effectiveness of this Act as soon as is practicable after the review day
described in subsection (2) and, in the course of that review, consideration
is to be given, and regard is to be had, to —
(a) the
effectiveness of the operations of the ERA and the WA arbitrator; and
(b) the
need for the continuation of section 21(4) and (5); and
(c) any
other matters that appear to the Minister to be relevant to the operation and
effectiveness of this Act.
(2) The review day is
1 July 2013 unless, before that day a licence is granted under the
Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969 for a pipeline that is to be partly in the
jurisdictional area of this State and partly in the jurisdictional area of the
Northern Territory or South Australia, in which case the review day is the day
on which the licence is granted.
(3) The person
carrying out the review is to prepare and give to the Minister a report based
on the review within sufficient time to enable the Minister to comply with
subsection (4).
(4) The Minister is to
prepare a response to the report and, as soon as is practicable after the
response is prepared, and in any event not more than 12 months after the
review day described in subsection (2), cause the report and the response to
be laid before each House of Parliament.