Western Australian Current Acts

PORT AUTHORITIES ACT 1999 - SECT 14A

14A .         Community consultation committees

        (1)         In this section —

        consultation committee means the committee established as required by subsection (2).

        (2)         Without limiting the GTE Act section 26, the board of a port authority must establish a committee for each port for which it has the control and management for the purpose of promoting and facilitating communication, information sharing and consultation between the port authority and members of the public who are or may be affected by port operations.

        (3)         A local government that has electors who are or may be affected by port operations at the port is to be represented on the consultation committee.

        (4)         Minutes of the proceedings of the consultation committee are to be made available on the port authority’s website or in a prescribed manner.

        (5)         Subsection (2) does not apply if the regulations exempt the port from the operation of this section.

        [Section 14A inserted: No. 9 of 2014 s. 9; amended: No. 13 of 2023 s. 223.]

[ 14-15.         Deleted: No. 13 of 2023 s. 224.]