{"id":"coogeekwinana-railway-act-1952","name":"Coogee-Kwinana Railway Act 1952","slug":"coogee-kwinana-railway-act-1952","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":30337,"registerId":"wa-coogeekwinana-railway-act-1952-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Coogee-Kwinana Railway Act 1952","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nCoogee-Kwinana Railway Act 1952\n\nWestern Australia\n\nCoogee-Kwinana Railway Act 1952\n\nContents\n\n1. Short title 1\n\n2. Authorisation 1\n\nSchedule — Line of Coogee - Kwinana Railway\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 3\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nCoogee‑Kwinana Railway Act 1952\n\nAn Act to authorise the construction of a railway from Coogee to Kwinana.\n\n##### 1. Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the *Coogee‑Kwinana Railway Act 1952* 1.\n\n##### 2. Authorisation\n\nIt shall be lawful to construct and maintain a railway, with all necessary, proper, and usual works and conveniences in connection therewith, along the lines described in the Schedule.\n\nSchedule — Line of Coogee - Kwinana Railway\n\n[s. 2]\n\n[Heading inserted: No. 19 of 2010 s. 5.]\n\nCommencing at a point at the Southern End of the loop at Coogee Station on the Robbs Jetty‑Woodman’s Point Railway about 16 miles 55 chains from Perth and proceeding thence in a southerly direction for approximately 2 miles 60 chains and thence in a south south‑easterly direction for approximately 2 miles 55 chains and thence in a south south‑westerly direction for approximately 30 chains and thence in a southerly direction for approximately 25 chains and thence in a south‑easterly direction for approximately 55 chains and thence in a south south‑easterly direction for approximately 55 chains and thence in a southerly direction for approximately 20 chains and thence in a westerly direction for approximately 40 chains terminating at a point near the south western corner of Cockburn Sound Loc. 131 as more particularly set out and delineated in red on map marked C.E. Plan 41258 deposited pursuant to Edw. VII. No. 47 2 section 96.\n\nTotal length about 8 miles 20 chains.\n\nNotes\n\n1 This is a compilation of the *Coogee-Kwinana Railway Act 1952* and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Short title** | **Number and year** | **Assent** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| *Coogee‑Kwinana Railway Act 1952* | 24 of 1952 | 19 Nov 1952 | 19 Nov 1952 |\n| **Reprint 1: The *Coogee‑Kwinana Railway Act 1952* as at 3 Jun 2005** | | | |\n| *Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010* s. 5 | 19 of 2010 | 28 Jun 2010 | 11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and *Gazette* 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341) |\n\n\n2 See the *Public Works Act 1902* (2 Edw. VII No. 47).\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"No substantive change to scope since enactment. The only recorded amendment is a formatting/standardisation update (2010); the Act still solely authorises construction and maintenance of the railway along the Schedule‑described alignment."},"complexity_factors":["Very limited text: single operative power to construct and maintain a railway (s.2).","Route defined in detail by bearings, chainages and a deposited plan (Schedule), which reduces interpretive ambiguity about alignment.","No procedural provisions: the Act does not specify funding, land‑acquisition powers, compensation, construction standards, operational control, or approvals.","Cross‑reference to other legislation (Public Works Act 1902) for related processes increases reliance on external laws.","Amendment history limited to formatting (Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010), so legal substance is unchanged but external dependencies remain.","Implementation will depend on administrative action and other statutes — creates low statutory complexity but moderate practical dependency on other legal instruments."],"plain_english_summary":"This short Act authorises the construction and maintenance of a railway and any usual works along the specific Coogee–Kwinana route set out in the Schedule (s.2 and Schedule). The route is defined by measured bearings, distances and a deposited plan. The Act authorises the physical project but does not itself set out funding, land‑acquisition, operational, or regulatory procedures, which remain subject to other statutes and instruments (Schedule; Notes)."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be meaningfully assessed as the legislative text is unavailable. Based solely on the title, there is no evidence of scope change from the original intent, which appears to have been a focused infrastructure authorisation for a specific railway corridor between Coogee and Kwinana in Western Australia."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text is available for analysis — the source page is inaccessible","Only the Act's title and era can be used to draw inferences","Cannot assess actual provisions, schedules, definitions, or operative clauses","Infrastructure/railway acts of this period were typically straightforward enabling legislation with limited ongoing complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"## Coogee-Kwinana Railway Act 1952 (WA)\n\n**⚠️ Content Unavailable**\n\nThe actual text of this Western Australian Act is not accessible — the source page has been taken down or moved as part of a website upgrade by the Parliamentary Counsel's Office.\n\n**What we can infer from the title:**\n- This is a **Western Australian state law** passed in **1952**\n- It almost certainly authorised or regulated the construction and/or operation of a **railway line between Coogee and Kwinana** — two locations on the southern coastal corridor of Perth, WA\n- Railway acts of this era typically dealt with things like: land acquisition (compulsory purchase of land for the rail corridor), construction powers, operational rules, and funding arrangements\n- Given its age (over 70 years), it may be **largely spent** (meaning its main purpose — building the railway — has long been completed), or it may have been **repealed or superseded** by later transport legislation\n\n**Who might this affect?**\n- Historically: landowners along the Coogee-Kwinana corridor, the WA government, and railway workers\n- Today: likely very few people directly, unless specific provisions about land rights or easements (legal rights to use someone else's land) remain active\n\n**To find the current text**, visit the [Western Australian legislation website](https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au) and search directly."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose. The only change since 1952 has been cosmetic — the 2010 amendment merely inserted a heading into the Schedule ('[Heading inserted: No. 19 of 2010 s. 5.]'). The substantive scope (authorising the Coogee-Kwinana railway) has not expanded or drifted."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 2 operative sections plus a Schedule","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation (except a historical reference to the Public Works Act 1902 regarding the map deposit)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or administrative machinery","Single purpose: authorisation of one specific railway line with fixed geographical description","Only amendment in 60+ years was a formatting update (Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010) adding a heading to the Schedule"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short Western Australian law from 1952 that simply gives the government permission to build a railway line. Specifically, it authorises construction of an approximately 8-mile railway running from Coogee (near Fremantle) southward to Kwinana, an industrial area south of Perth. The Act describes the exact route using old-fashioned surveying measurements (miles and chains) and references a specific map deposited with the government. Once built, the railway can be maintained indefinitely. This is a straightforward 'enabling' statute — it doesn't regulate behaviour or create offences, it just clears the legal path for a specific infrastructure project."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/coogee-kwinana-railway-act-1952","history":"/api/acts/coogee-kwinana-railway-act-1952/history","analysis":"/api/acts/coogee-kwinana-railway-act-1952/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/coogee-kwinana-railway-act-1952/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/coogee-kwinana-railway-act-1952/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/coogee-kwinana-railway-act-1952/documents"}}