Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Where, for the
purposes of this Act, or for the purposes of an instrument under this Act, it
is necessary to determine the position on the surface of the Earth of a point,
line or area, that position is to be determined by reference to the prescribed
Australian datum.
(2) A datum may be
prescribed for all or some of the purposes referred to in subsection (1), and
different datums may be prescribed for different purposes.
(3) Regulations that
prescribe a datum for a purpose referred to in subsection (1), or amend that
datum or prescribe another datum to replace that datum, may make any
transitional or savings provisions that are necessary or convenient to be made
—
(a) in
relation to permits, leases, licences, pipeline licences, special prospecting
authorities or access authorities granted before the regulations take effect;
or
(b) in
relation to applications for permits, leases, licences, pipeline licences,
special prospecting authorities or access authorities pending when the
regulations take effect; or
(c) for
any other purpose.
(4) Regulations
referred to in subsection (3) may modify or otherwise affect the operation of
this Act.
(5) Without limiting
subsection (2), a datum is to be prescribed by regulations referred to in this
section for the purposes of the determination of the position on the surface
of the Earth of the boundary of the area described in Schedule 2.
[Section 10 inserted: No. 54 of 2000 s. 8(2);
amended: No. 13 of 2005 s. 46(2).]
[Heading amended: No. 42 of 2010 s. 69.]