Western Australian Current Acts

WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ACT 2007 - SECT 49

49 .         Specified public authority may exercise functions of local government

        (1)         The CEO, by notice published in the Gazette , may designate a specified area that is not part of a district as an area in which a specified public authority may perform and exercise the functions of a local government under this Act.

        (2)         In subsection (1) —

        specified means specified in a notice published under that subsection.

        (3)         If a notice is published under subsection (1), this Act applies as if —

            (a)         a reference to a local government included a reference to the public authority specified in the notice; and

            (b)         a reference to a district included a reference to the area designated in the notice.