Western Australian Current Acts

PUBLIC TRANSPORT AUTHORITY ACT 2003

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title
            
   2.      Commencement
            
   3.      Terms used
            
   4.      Relationship with other laws

   PART 2 -- Public Transport Authority of Western Australia  

   5.      Authority established
            
   6.      Status
            
   7.      Management

   PART 3 -- Staff and contractors  

   8.      Authority to be an SES organisation
            
   9.      Chief executive officer
            
   10.     Other staff and contractors
            
   11.     Use of government staff and facilities

   PART 4 -- Functions of the Authority  

   12.     Functions
            
   13.     Powers generally
            
   14.     Use of certain Crown land by Authority
            
   15.     Dealing with certain Crown land
            
   16.     Restriction on certain dealings in other land
            
   17.     Authority may operate on corridor land under the Rail Freight System Act 2000
            
   18.     Use of names for Authority and its operations
            
   19.     Delegation by Authority

   PART 5 -- Accountability and financial provisions

           Division 1 -- Accountability  

   20.     Draft operational plan to be submitted to Minister
            
   21.     Content of operational plan
            
   22.     Minister’s powers in relation to draft operational plan
            
   23.     Modifications of operational plan
            
   24.     Duty to observe operational plan
            
   25.     Consultation
            
   26.     Minister to be kept informed
            
   27.     Minister may give directions
            
   28.     Minister to have access to information
            
   29.     Deletion of commercially sensitive matters
            
   30.     Protection for disclosure or compliance with directions

           Division 2 -- Financial provisions  

   31.     Authority’s funds
            
   32.     Public Transport Authority Account
            
   33.     Borrowing
            
   34.     Guarantees
            
   35.     Charges for guarantee
            
   36.     The Authority may extend credit to customers or suppliers
            
   37.     Notice of financial difficulty

           Division 3 -- Financial Management Act 2006 and Auditor General Act 2006  

   38.     Application of Financial Management Act 2006 and Auditor General Act 2006

   PART 6 -- Miscellaneous

           Division 1 -- Protection of people dealing with Authority  

   39.     People dealing with Authority may make assumptions
            
   40.     Third parties may make assumptions
            
   41.     Matters that can be assumed
            
   42.     When those matters cannot be assumed

           Division 2 -- Infringement notices  

   43.     Term used: prescribed
            
   44.     Giving of notice
            
   45.     Content of notice
            
   46.     Extension of time
            
   47.     Withdrawal of notice
            
   48.     Benefit of paying modified penalty
            
   49.     Application of penalties collected

           Division 3 -- Other provisions  

   50.     Authority exempt from certain rates and taxes
            
   51.     Execution of documents by Authority
            
   52.     Contract formalities
            
   53.     Assignment of benefit of contract
            
   54.     Protection from liability for wrongdoing
            
   55.     Exchange of information
            
   56.     Authorised persons and security officers
            
   57.     Obtaining details of certain offenders
            
   58.     Offenders may be taken into custody in some circumstances
            
   59.     Security officer may help execute certain warrants
            
   60.     Searching persons taken into custody
            
   61.     Search without warrant
            
   62.     Provisions about searching a person
            
   63.     Seizure of property
            
   64.     Unclaimed property
            
   64A.    Prohibiting people from being on or in a conveyance or facility
            
   64B.    Contravention of prohibition order
            
   65.     Ejecting people from Authority property
            
   66.     Prosecutions
            
   67.     Young offenders
            
   68.     Proof of certain matters
            
   69.     Regulations
            
   70.      Review of Act

   PART 7 -- Transitional matters

           Division 1 -- Metropolitan passenger transport functions from Minister to Authority  

   71.     Terms used
            
   72.     Minister may make transfer order
            
   73.     Consequences of transfer order
            
   74.     Completion of necessary transactions
            
   75.     Registration of documents
            
   76.     Rectifying error in transfer order
            
   77.     Certain Crown land
            
   78.     Metropolitan Passenger Transport Fund

           Division 2 -- Transition from former Government Railways Act 1904 bodies to Authority  

   79.     Terms used
            
   80.     Authority is successor of former bodies
            
   81.     Transitional provisions
            
   82.     Completion of necessary transactions
            
   83.     Registration of documents
            
   84.     By-laws under Government Railways Act 1904 section 23 continue
            
   85.     References in written laws to former bodies

           Division 3 -- Transition from Rail Corridor Minister to Authority  

   86.     Terms used
            
   87.     Transitional provisions
            
   88.     Completion of necessary transactions
            
   89.     Registration of documents
            
   90.     References in written laws to Rail Corridor Minister

           Division 4 -- Abolition of Metropolitan (Perth) Passenger Transport Trust  

   91.     Winding up of affairs of Metropolitan (Perth) Passenger Transport Trust

           Division 5 -- State tax implications of transitions  

   92.     Exemption from State tax

           Division 6 -- Other provisions  

   93.     Certain contributions by former body suffice
            
   94.     Tourist railways
            
   95.     Saving
            
           Other notes
           Defined terms