Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A vendor of land
or his agent shall not, on or in connection with the sale of land, make a
statement as to the proposed or projected position of any public amenity
unless, at the time he makes the statement, either —
(a) all
approvals required by law of the siting of the amenity in that position have
been given; or
(b) he
indicates as part of that statement, if such is the case, that all or some of
such approvals have not yet been given, or that he is not aware whether or not
they have all been given.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $100 000.
(2) In subsection (1)
—
position includes, in relation to railways and
other means of transport, the route to be followed by that amenity;
public amenity includes roads, bridges, churches,
shops, petrol stations, shopping centres, hotels, water supply, sewerage,
light, power, gas, drainage, schools, hospitals, parks, reserves, swimming
pools, railways, and other means of transport; and
statement includes a marking or indication in a
brochure, pamphlet, or advertisement, issued, or in any sign publicly
exhibited, before the sale.
[Section 17 amended: No. 9 of 1973 s. 2; No. 38 of
2016 s. 11.]