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PUBLIC TRANSPORT AUTHORITY ACT 2003 (NO. 31 OF 2003)


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title
           Preamble

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Terms used in this Act  
   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 Administration and Audit Act 1985  

   38.     Application of Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985  

   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.     Meaning of “prescribed” in this Division  
   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  
   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 in this Division  
   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 in this Division  
   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 in this Division  
   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  

   PART 8 -- Other Acts  

           Division 1 -- Government Railways Act 1904 and related provisions  

   96.     Government Railways Act 1904 amended  
   97.     Section 2 amended  
   98.     Section 2AA inserted  
   99.     Section 3 replaced  
   100.    Section 4 replaced  
   101.    Section 5 repealed  
   102.    Section 7 amended  
   103.    Part II repealed  
   104.    Section 13 amended  
   105.    Section 14 replaced  
   106.    Section 16 repealed  
   107.    Section 19 repealed  
   108.    Section 21 repealed  
   109.    Section 23 amended  
   110.    Section 24 amended  
   111.    Sections 28, 28A, and 29 repealed  
   112.    Section 33 amended  
   113.    Section 37 amended  
   114.    Section 44 amended  
   115.    Section 45 amended  
   116.    Section 46 amended  
   117.    Section 52 repealed  
   118.    Part IV repealed  
   119.    Section 61 amended  
   120.    Sections 62, 63, and 64 repealed  
   121.    Section 64 inserted  
   122.    Sections 65 and 66 repealed  
   123.    Section 66A replaced  
   124.    Section 67 repealed  
   125.    Section 71 repealed  
   126.    Section 73 amended  
   127.    Section 74 amended  
   128.    Section 75 repealed  
   129.    Section 76 replaced  
   130.    Section 77 amended  
   131.    Sections 85, 86, and 87 repealed  
   132.    Section 88 amended  
   133.    Section 90 repealed  
   134.    Sections 93 and 93A repealed  
   135.    Section 94 replaced  
   136.    Section 95 replaced  
   137.    Section 96 amended  
   138.    Section 97 repealed  
   139.    Various references to Commission amended  
   140.    Agriculture Protection Board Act 1950 amended  
   141.    Alumina Refinery Agreement Act 1961 amended  
   142.    Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited’s (Private) Act 1919 amended  
   143.    Armadale Redevelopment Act 2001 amended  
   144.    British Imperial Oil Company, Limited (Private) Act 1925 amended  
   145.    Broken Hill Proprietary Company’s Integrated Steel Works Agreement Act 1960 amended  
   146.    Bunbury Railway Lands Act 1985 repealed  
   147.    Industrial Relations Act 1979 amended  
   148.    Jetties Act 1926 amended  
   149.    Kalgoorlie-Parkeston Railway Act 1959 repealed  
   150.    Land Administration Act 1997 amended  
   151.    Liquor Licensing Act 1988 amended  
   152.    Railways (Access) Act 1998 amended  
   153.    State Superannuation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 amended  
   154.    Subiaco Redevelopment Act 1994 amended  
   155.    Weights and Measures Act 1915 amended  

           Division 2 -- Metropolitan (Perth) Passenger Transport Trust Act 1957 and related provisions  

   156.    Metropolitan (Perth) Passenger Transport Trust Act 1957 repealed  
   157.    Disposal of Uncollected Goods Act 1970 Schedule amended  
   158.    State Superannuation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 amended  

           Division 3 -- Public Works Act 1902 and related provisions  

   159.    Public Works Act 1902 amended  
   160.    Section 2 amended  
   161.    Section 11 amended  
   162.    Section 83C amended  
   163.    Section 113A amended  
   164.    Section 116 repealed  
   165.    Section 120 amended  
   166.    Various references to Minister amended  
   167.    Land Administration Act 1997 amended  
   168.    Soil and Land Conservation Act 1945 amended  

           Division 4 -- Rail Freight System Act 2000  

   169.    The Act amended  
   170.    Long title amended  
   171.    Section 3 amended  
   172.    Section 4 amended  
   173.    Section 8 amended  
   174.    Section 17 repealed  
   175.    Section 31 amended  
   176.    Section 32 replaced  
   177.    Section 33 replaced  
   178.    Section 34 replaced  
   179.    Section 35 amended  
   180.    Section 36 replaced  
   181.    Section 39 amended  
   182.    Section 41 amended  
   183.    Section 42 amended  
   184.    Section 44 amended  
   185.    Section 46 amended  
   186.    Section 49 amended  
   187.    Various references to Rail Corridor Minister amended  
   188.    More references to Rail Corridor Minister amended  
   189.    Various references to Commission amended  

           Division 5 -- Transport Co-ordination Act 1966  

   190.    The Act amended  
   191.    Long title amended  
   192.    Section 10 inserted  
   193.    Section 15B amended  
   194.    Section 16 amended  
   195.    Part II Division 4 repealed  
   196.    Section 60 amended  
   197.    Section 62B repealed  

           Division 6 -- Other Acts repealed  

   198.    Midland Railway Act 1919  
   199.    The Midland Railway Company of Western Australia Limited Acquisition Agreement Act 1963  
   200.    Perth Regional Railway Act 1972  
   201.    The Guildford-Greenough Flats Railway Act 1886  

           Division 7 -- Acts requiring minor changes  

   202.    Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 Schedule V amended  
   203.    Disposal of Uncollected Goods Act 1970 Schedule amended  
   204.    Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 Schedule 1 amended  
   205.    Forrest Place and City Station Development Act 1985 amended  
   206.    Protective Custody Act 2000 amended  
   207.    Public Sector Management Act 1994 Schedule 2 amended  
   208.    Statutory Corporations (Liability of Directors) Act 1996 Schedule 1 amended  
   209.    Weapons Act 1999 amended  
           

[Assented to 26 May 2003]



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