Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PLANNING COMMISSION ACT 1985 - SECT 37H

37H .         Power of Commission to dispose of land

        (1)         The Commission shall hold for the purposes of a regional planning scheme any land acquired by it under this Act and may, subject to subsections (2) and (3), dispose of or alienate that land —

            (a)         for or in furtherance of the provisions or likely provisions of the regional planning scheme; or

            (b)         if that land is no longer required by the Commission.

        (2)         Subject to subsection (3), the Commission shall not, except with the consent of the Governor, dispose of or alienate any land compulsorily acquired by it other than for or in furtherance of the provisions or likely provisions of the relevant regional planning scheme.

        (3)         In exercising a power to dispose of or alienate land conferred by this section, the Commission shall have regard to the general principle that in such cases land acquired by the Commission should, if in the opinion of the Minister it is reasonable and practicable to do so, be first offered for sale at a reasonable price determined by the Minister to the person from whom that land was acquired.

        [Section 37H inserted by No. 59 of 1999 s. 14.]