{"id":"geraldton-foreshore-and-marina-development-act-1990","name":"Geraldton Foreshore and Marina Development Act 1990","slug":"geraldton-foreshore-and-marina-development-act-1990","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":30680,"registerId":"wa-geraldton-foreshore-and-marina-development-act-1990-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Geraldton Foreshore and Marina Development Act 1990","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nGeraldton Foreshore and Marina Development Act 1990\n\nWestern Australia\n\nGeraldton Foreshore and Marina Development Act 1990\n\nContents\n\n1. Short title 1\n\n2. Commencement 1\n\n3. Terms used 1\n\n4. Land revested in Her Majesty 2\n\n5. Area revested in Her Majesty 2\n\n6. Amendment of Reserve No. 5660 2\n\n8. Land reserved and vested in City of Geraldton 3\n\n9. Land reserved and vested in The Minister for Transport 3\n\n10. Land reserved and vested in Commission 3\n\n11. Declaration of lands as public streets 4\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 5\n\nDefined terms\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nGeraldton Foreshore and Marina Development Act 1990\n\nAn Act for the revesting of certain lands at Geraldton for the purposes of the Geraldton foreshore and marina development project.\n\n##### 1. Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the *Geraldton Foreshore and Marina Development Act 1990* 1.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThis Act shall come into operation on such day as is fixed by proclamation 1.\n\n##### 3. Terms used\n\n(1) In this Act —\n\n  Commission means The Western Australian Government Railways Commission 2 constituted under the *Government Railways Act 1904*;\n\n  Crown land has the same meaning as it has in the *Land Administration Act 1997*;\n\n  The Minister for Transport means the body corporate of that title established under the *Marine and Harbours Act 1981*.\n\n(2) A reference in this Act to a diagram by number is a reference to the Miscellaneous Diagram of that number held by the Western Australian Land Information Authority established by the *Land Information Authority Act 2006* section 5.\n\n[Section 3 amended: No. 53 of 1993 s.44; No. 31 of 1997 s.141; No. 60 of 2006 s. 134.]\n\n##### 4. Land revested in Her Majesty\n\n(1) All the land taken or otherwise acquired for railway purposes and shown coloured green on diagram no. 229 is revested in Her Majesty as of her former estate, constituted Crown land and, where any of the land is under the operation of the *Transfer of Land Act 1893*, is removed from the operation of that Act.\n\n(2) Sections 187, 188, 189, 190, and 191 of the *Land Administration Act 1997* do not apply to or in relation to the land referred to in subsection (1).\n\n[Section 4 amended: No. 31 of 1997 s.30(1).]\n\n##### 5. Area revested in Her Majesty\n\n(1) So much of the area vested in The Minister for Transport and shown bordered pink on diagram no. 224 —\n\n(a) that is reclaimed land, is revested in Her Majesty and constituted Crown land; and\n\n(b) that is not reclaimed land, is revested in Her Majesty and is to be taken to be Crown land.\n\n(2) The boundaries of the townsite of Geraldton are extended to include the Crown land referred to in subsection (1).\n\n##### 6. Amendment of Reserve No. 5660\n\nReserve No. 5660, classified as of Class C, containing 6.4750 hectares or thereabouts, set apart for “Railway” and vested in the Commission, is amended by excising an area of 1.9 hectares or thereabouts shown coloured yellow on diagram no. 229.\n\n[**7.** Deleted: No. 53 of 1993 s.44.]\n\n##### 8. Land reserved and vested in City of Geraldton\n\n(1) Geraldton Lot 2907, comprising 1.2498 hectares or thereabouts and shown coloured blue on diagram no. 230, is set apart for “Recreation” and vested in the City of Geraldton.\n\n(2) Geraldton Lot 2909, comprising 2.76 hectares or thereabouts and shown coloured green on diagram no. 230, is set apart for “Recreation” and vested in the City of Geraldton.\n\n(3) The provisions of the *Land Administration Act 1997* apply to and in relation to the lands referred to in subsections (1) and (2) as if —\n\n(a) the lands were reserved; and\n\n(b) the care, control and management of the lands were placed with the City of Geraldton,\n\nunder Part 4 of that Act.\n\n[Section 8 amended: No. 31 of 1997 s.30(2).]\n\n##### 9. Land reserved and vested in The Minister for Transport\n\n(1) Geraldton Lot 2905, comprising 7.7172 hectares or thereabouts and shown coloured dark brown on diagram no. 230, is set apart for “Marina Purposes” and vested in The Minister for Transport.\n\n(2) The Minister for Transport may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the land referred to in subsection (1).\n\n(3) Sections 11 and 19 of the *Marine and Harbours Act 1981* apply to and in relation to the land referred to in subsection (1) as if the land were land that had been vested in The Minister for Transport under that Act.\n\n##### 10. Land reserved and vested in Commission\n\n(1) Geraldton Lot 2910, comprising 4.7429 hectares or thereabouts and shown coloured red on diagram no. 230, is set apart for “Railway” and vested in the Commission.\n\n(2) The provisions of the *Land Administration Act 1997* apply to and in relation to the land referred to in subsection (1) as if —\n\n(a) the land were reserved; and\n\n(b) the care, control and management of the land were placed with the Commission,\n\nunder Part 4 of that Act.\n\n[Section 10 amended: No. 31 of 1997 s.30(3).]\n\n##### 11. Declaration of lands as public streets\n\n(1) All the lands shown coloured light brown on diagram no. 230 are declared to be public streets.\n\n(2) The provisions of Part 5 of the *Land Administration Act 1997* apply to and in relation to the lands referred to in subsection (1) as if the lands were lands that had been dedicated as roads under section 56 of that Act.\n\n[Section 11 amended: No. 14 of 1996 s.4; No. 31 of 1997 s.30(4).]\n\n![dline]()\n\n\n\nNotes\n\n1 This reprint is a compilation as at 16 October 2015 of the *Geraldton Foreshore and Marina Development Act 1990* 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| *Geraldton Foreshore and Marina Development Act 1990* | 44 of 1990 | 22 Nov 1990 | s. 1 and 2: 22 Nov 1990; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 22 Feb 1991 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 22 Feb 1991 p. 867) |\n| *Regional Development Commissions Act 1993* s. 44 | 53 of 1993 | 22 Dec 1993 | 8 Apr 1994 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 8 Apr 1994 p. 1462) |\n| *Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996* s. 4 | 14 of 1996 | 28 Jun 1996 | 1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2) |\n| *Acts Amendment (Land Administration) Act 1997* Pt. 28 and s. 141 | 31 of 1997 | 3 Oct 1997 | 30 Mar 1998 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 27 Mar 1998 p. 1765) |\n| **Reprint of the *Geraldton Foreshore and Marina Development Act 1990* as at 8 Dec 2000** (includes amendments listed above) | | | |\n| *Land Information Authority Act 2006* s. 134 | 60 of 2006 | 16 Nov 2006 | 1 Jan 2007 (see s. 2(1) and *Gazette* 8 Dec 2006 p. 5369) |\n| **Reprint 2: The *Geraldton Foreshore and Marina Development Act 1990* as at 16 Oct 2015** (includes amendments listed above) | | | |\n\n\nDefined terms\n\n*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*\n\n**Defined term Provision(s)**\n\nCommission 3(1)\n\nCrown land 3(1)\n\nThe Minister for Transport 3(1)\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Subsequent amendments have adjusted definitions, application and management arrangements compared with the original text. Section 3 was amended to update defined terms; section 4 expressly removes some revested land from the Transfer of Land Act and excludes certain Land Administration Act provisions; section 5 extends the townsite boundary for revested areas; sections 8 and 10 make Land Administration Act Part 4 apply to lands vested in the City and the Commission; section 9(2) grants the Minister for Transport explicit disposal powers over marina land; section 11 declares streets and applies Part 5 of the Land Administration Act. The compilation notes record later amending Acts (eg. 1993, 1997, 2006) that changed cross‑references and definitions, so the practical scope of ownership, management and disposal was altered from the original enactment."},"complexity_factors":["Cross‑references to other statutes (Land Administration Act 1997; Transfer of Land Act 1893; Marine and Harbours Act 1981) create dependency on external provisions.","Use of cadastral diagrams by number to define parcels requires matching statutory text to mapped boundaries.","Different legal treatments for reclaimed versus non‑reclaimed land (boundary and jurisdictional effects).","Vesting transfers to multiple entities (City, Minister, Commission) with differing powers and obligations.","Express exclusions (removal from the Transfer of Land Act; specified Land Administration Act sections not applying) add technical exceptions.","A ministerial disposal power for marina land (sale/lease/other disposal) creates executive discretion over future ownership."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act transfers specific waterfront and railway lands at Geraldton into Crown ownership and reassigns parcels for recreation, marina and railway uses. It vests management with the City of Geraldton, the Minister for Transport and the Government Railways Commission, declares certain areas public streets, and authorises the Minister to sell or lease the marina land.\n\nThe changes affect local government, state agencies, landholders and developers by altering legal title, management responsibility and disposal powers over foreshore and marina land."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose. The amendments listed in the compilation table are purely mechanical updates to reflect changes in other statutes (such as the repeal of the Government Railways Act 1904 and the enactment of the Land Administration Act 1997). There is no mission creep; the Act still deals only with the specific Geraldton land parcels identified in the 1990 diagrams."},"complexity_factors":["Very short statute (11 sections, approximately 3 pages)","Only 3 defined terms in the interpretation section","Straightforward sequential structure with no nested conditions or exceptions","Minimal cross-referencing—primarily references to external Acts (Land Administration Act 1997, Marine and Harbours Act 1981) for administrative machinery rather than complex conditional logic","No subordinate legislation or regulations referenced","Deleted section (s. 7) indicates some tidying up but no structural complexity","Purpose is singular and specific: land revesting and reallocation for a single project"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a Western Australian law from 1990 that facilitates a major redevelopment project in Geraldton by reshuffling who owns and controls specific parcels of land near the waterfront.\n\n**What it does:**\nThe Act performs a 'land swap' to enable the Geraldton foreshore and marina development. It:\n\n*   **Takes back land** previously used for railways and harbours from the government bodies that held it (the Western Australian Government Railways Commission and the Minister for Transport) and returns it to the Crown (the State government).\n*   **Redistributes that land** to new purposes and new owners:\n    *   **Recreation:** Two parcels totalling roughly 4 hectares are given to the City of Geraldton for public recreation.\n    *   **Marina:** One parcel of roughly 7.7 hectares is given to the Minister for Transport specifically for marina development (who can then sell or lease it).\n    *   **Railway:** One parcel of roughly 4.7 hectares is kept for railway use but transferred to the Commission under modern land management laws.\n    *   **Public streets:** Certain areas are declared public roads.\n\n**Who it affects:**\nPrimarily state government agencies (the Railways Commission, the Minister for Transport) and the City of Geraldton. It also affects any future developers or users of the marina and foreshore areas, as it establishes the legal basis for the marina's construction and the surrounding public amenities.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis Act was the legal machinery that enabled the transformation of Geraldton's waterfront from industrial/railway use to a mixed-use area with a marina, public recreation spaces, and modern infrastructure. Without this specific legislation, the various government bodies could not have easily transferred these land titles to enable the development."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed. No legislative text was retrievable. The page has been taken down due to system upgrades on the Western Australian legislation website. Any assessment of whether the Act's scope changed from its original intent would be speculative without access to the actual text."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text is available to analyse — the source page returned a 'no longer available' error","Unable to assess provisions, definitions, schedules, or operative clauses","Complexity score defaults to 1 due to complete absence of analysable content, not because the Act itself is simple"],"plain_english_summary":"The Geraldton Foreshore and Marina Development Act 1990 is a Western Australian law—based on its title—concerned with planning, development and management of Geraldton’s waterfront. Such laws typically establish a dedicated authority, set land‑use and development rules and govern public access. Who exactly was empowered or affected, and whether the Act remains in force, is not available here."},"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"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/geraldton-foreshore-and-marina-development-act-1990","history":"/api/acts/geraldton-foreshore-and-marina-development-act-1990/history","analysis":"/api/acts/geraldton-foreshore-and-marina-development-act-1990/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/geraldton-foreshore-and-marina-development-act-1990/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/geraldton-foreshore-and-marina-development-act-1990/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/geraldton-foreshore-and-marina-development-act-1990/documents"}}