{"id":"land-information-authority-policy-instruments-regulations-2006","name":"Land Information Authority (Policy Instruments) Regulations 2006","slug":"land-information-authority-policy-instruments-regulations-2006","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":178428,"registerId":"wa-land-information-authority-policy-instruments-regulations-2006-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Land Information Authority (Policy Instruments) Regulations 2006","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nLand Information Authority Act 2006\n\nLand Information Authority (Policy Instruments) Regulations 2006\n\nWestern Australia\n\nLand Information Authority (Policy Instruments) Regulations 2006\n\nContents\n\n1. Citation 1\n\n2. Commencement 1\n\n3. Content of strategic development plan 1\n\n4. Content of statement of corporate intent 2\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 4\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nLand Information Authority Act 2006\n\nLand Information Authority (Policy Instruments) Regulations 2006\n\n##### 1. Citation\n\n\t\tThese regulations are the *Land Information Authority (Policy Instruments) Regulations 2006*.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThese regulations come into operation on the day on which the Act, other than Part 1, comes into operation.\n\n##### 3. Content of strategic development plan\n\nSection 53(2) of the Act requires the Authority’s strategic development plan to include each of the following matters —\n\n(a) strategic objectives to be achieved during the forecast period;\n\n(b) productivity levels;\n\n(c) service efficiency and effectiveness;\n\n(d) charging for goods and services, according to the kinds of recipients and uses referred to in section 16 of the Act;\n\n(e) investment strategy;\n\n(f) financial requirements;\n\n(g) personnel requirements;\n\n(h) capital expenditure;\n\n(i) strategies for asset management;\n\n(j) sales and revenue projections;\n\n(k) customer service arrangements;\n\n(l) the nature and extent of commercial and competitive strategies;\n\n(m) relevant government policy.\n\n##### 4. Content of statement of corporate intent\n\nSection 61(2) of the Act requires the Authority’s statement of corporate intent to include each of the following matters —\n\n(a) an outline of major initiatives for achieving strategic objectives;\n\n(b) proposed arrangements to facilitate achievement of objectives that do not involve making a profit;\n\n(c) how major initiatives might impact on —\n\n(i) the integrity of the registers and other records that the Authority or a member of its staff is required by law to keep about interests in land and the valuation of land; or\n\n(ii) the extent to which the land information needs of the State government can be satisfied; or\n\n(iii) the extent to which the requirements of participants in the land information industry within the State can be satisfied;\n\n(d) major achievements that are planned;\n\n(e) an outline of capital expenditure and borrowing requirements;\n\n(f) the nature and scope of functions that are to be performed;\n\n(g) performance targets and measures;\n\n(h) estimates of income and expenditure;\n\n(i) the dividend policy for the financial year or the provision proposed to be made for dividends;\n\n(j) the types of information that the Authority is to give to the Minister in an annual or half‑yearly report or otherwise;\n\n(k) accounting policies that apply to the preparation of accounts;\n\n(l) the nature and extent of community service obligations that are to be performed;\n\n(m) how the performance of community service obligations is to be costed and funded, and arrangements to be made to make adjustments for the performance of those obligations;\n\n(n) the ways in which, and the extent to which, compensation will be made for performing community service obligations.\n\nNotes\n\n1 This is a compilation of the *Land Information Authority (Policy Instruments) Regulations 2006.* The following table contains information about those regulations.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Citation** | **Gazettal** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| *Land Information Authority (Policy Instruments) Regulations 2006* | 29 Dec 2006 p. 5897-8 | 1 Jan 2007 (see r. 2 and *Gazette* 8 Dec 2006 p. 5369) |\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations do not expand the Authority's substantive powers or duties beyond the Act. They simply specify the content items that must appear in two documents required by the Act (strategic development plan and statement of corporate intent). This refines and clarifies scope but does not materially broaden the legislative purpose or add new obligations on external parties."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument: 4 regulations only (citation, commencement, two content provisions)","Regulation 3 lists 13 required matters for the strategic development plan (items a–m)","Regulation 4 lists 14 required matters for the statement of corporate intent (items a–n), including a sub‑group of 3 sub‑items under 4(c)","Cross‑references to the parent Act: sections 16, 53(2) and 61(2)","Prescriptive content requirements but no detailed procedural or definitional rules (low nesting and few exceptions)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What these regulations do (mechanically)**\n\n- These are short subsidiary regulations under the Land Information Authority Act. They do not create new powers; they tell the Land Information Authority (the Authority) what to put into two specific planning documents required by the Act:\n  - a strategic development plan (Regulation 3), and\n  - a statement of corporate intent (Regulation 4).\n\n- Regulation 3 lists 13 specific items the strategic development plan must address, including strategic objectives, productivity, service efficiency, charging policy (linked to section 16 of the Act), investment strategy, finances, staffing, capital expenditure, asset management, sales and revenue projections, customer service, commercial/competitive strategies, and relevant government policy.\n\n- Regulation 4 lists 14 specific matters the statement of corporate intent must address, including major initiatives, non‑profit arrangements, possible impacts on the integrity of land registers and on meeting the land information needs of the State and industry participants, planned achievements, capital and borrowing needs, the scope of functions, performance targets and measures, income and expenditure estimates, dividend policy, reporting to the Minister, accounting policies, community service obligations (CSOs) and how they will be costed, funded and compensated.\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- The Land Information Authority: these rules direct what it must publish in two core internal governance and planning documents.\n- State government supervising ministers and officials: they receive the documents and use them to oversee the Authority.\n- Users and participants in the land information industry (private firms and other public agencies): the regulations require the Authority to consider their needs (Reg 4(c)(iii)) and to disclose commercial/competitive strategies (Reg 3(l)) and charging approaches (Reg 3(d)).\n\n**Why it matters**\n\n- These regulations set minimum content and disclosure standards for the Authority's planning and accountability documents. That shapes what information the Authority must consider, report, and justify to the Minister and to industry/stakeholders.\n\n**Stated purpose and a reality check (mechanics, costs, incentives, trade‑offs)**n\n- The stated purpose (in effect) is to make the Authority’s strategic planning and corporate intent transparent and structured by listing required content items. That increases documented planning and makes tradeoffs explicit (for example between profit‑making activities and community service obligations).\n\n- Who pays and who decides: the Authority (a public body) bears the administrative cost of preparing the documents. The Minister and the Authority’s board/executives decide policy choices that appear in the documents (e.g. charging policy, dividend policy, commercial strategies).\n\n- Behavioural effects and incentives:\n  - By requiring explicit charging policies and commercial/competitive strategies (Regs 3(d), 3(l)), the regulations push the Authority to treat market‑facing activities as commercial decisions rather than opaque practice. That can influence pricing, service scope, and decisions about entering or withdrawing from commercial markets.\n  - Requiring disclosure about CSOs, their costing and compensation (Reg 4(l)–(n)) forces the Authority to separate commercial activities from publicly funded obligations, which affects budgeting and cross‑subsidisation choices.\n  - Requiring assessment of impacts on registers and on the State’s and industry’s land information needs (Reg 4(c)) makes data integrity and service provision explicit constraints on major initiatives.\n\n- Costs and compliance burden:\n  - Administrative burden is the main cost: preparing and maintaining comprehensive plans and intent statements with the prescribed elements.\n  - There may be indirect costs where the need to disclose commercial strategy constrains competitive flexibility or bargaining positions with private sector partners (e.g. tendering or pricing negotiations).\n\n- Opportunity costs and trade‑offs:\n  - Time and resources spent producing mandated documentation are resources not spent on operational activity; however, clearer planning can improve resource allocation over time.\n  - Transparency about dividend and charging policies may limit short‑term tactical manoeuvre but increases predictability for stakeholders.\n\n- Implementation risk and bureaucratic discretion:\n  - The regulations are prescriptive about content but not prescriptive about form or thresholds. That leaves the Authority discretion over how detailed the documents are and how the required matters are treated, which creates variability in implementation and potential for inconsistent comparability year‑to‑year.\n\n**Effects on private enterprise, competition and choice**\n\n- The regulations require the Authority to consider and disclose how its initiatives affect industry participants and to state commercial strategies. That increases informational transparency for private firms competing in or using land information services, which may influence competitive dynamics and pricing.\n\n- They do not themselves set prices, authorise particular commercial conduct, nor create new obligations on private firms beyond being considered in the Authority’s planning documents.\n\n**Key cross‑references and practical notes**\n\n- The regulations operate by reference to the Act (they implement sections 53 and 61 and refer to section 16 for charging categories). They come into effect when the main Act (other than Part 1) commences. The substance is specification of content rather than creation of new power or duties beyond the Act.\n\n**Bottom line**\n\n- These regulations are a short, content‑specifying instrument that mandates what must appear in two planning/ accountability documents of the Land Information Authority. They increase transparency and structure planning, impose modest administrative costs on the Authority, and shape incentives around charging, commercial strategy and the separation and funding of community service obligations."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as the legislative text is unavailable. No comparison between original intent and final form is possible from the information provided."},"complexity_factors":["Content is entirely unavailable — no substantive legal text could be retrieved for analysis","Regulations (as opposed to Acts) can involve technical cross-referencing to parent legislation, but this cannot be assessed here","The subject matter (land information policy instruments) is a niche administrative area that may involve technical surveying or data-management concepts","Score reflects the minimal complexity of what is actually available to analyse, not necessarily the complexity of the underlying regulation itself"],"plain_english_summary":"The Land Information Authority (Policy Instruments) Regulations 2006 are Western Australian subordinate legislation governing the Land Information Authority’s formal policies — likely covering how it manages land and geographic information (maps, cadastral surveys, titles), makes decisions, and sets fees.  \n\nThe regulation affects anyone dealing with land surveys, property records or Landgate services. The text is currently unavailable online; check legislation.wa.gov.au, contact Parliamentary Counsel, or seek legal advice if it matters to you."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly focused on their original purpose: prescribing the contents of the Authority's strategic development plan and statement of corporate intent. There is no evidence of scope creep; the instrument is a straightforward subsidiary regulation fulfilling a specific statutory requirement under the Land Information Authority Act 2006."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 substantive provisions (2 citation/commencement, 2 content requirements)","No defined terms section — relies entirely on definitions in the parent Act","Simple list structure with no conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond citations to the parent Act (sections 53(2) and 61(2))","Straightforward prescriptive requirements using 'must include' language","Total length under 2 pages with minimal legislative machinery"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set out what must go into two key planning documents for Western Australia's Land Information Authority (a government body that manages land records and information).\n\n**What it does:**\nThe regulations specify the mandatory contents for:\n- **Strategic development plans** (long-term business planning)\n- **Statements of corporate intent** (annual operational planning)\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- The **Land Information Authority** itself — it must prepare these documents according to these rules\n- **Government** — the Minister receives these plans and reports\n- **The public** — indirectly, as these plans affect how land information services are delivered, priced, and improved\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThese rules ensure the Authority operates transparently and accountably. The plans must cover everything from how much they'll charge for services, to how they'll maintain land ownership records, to what community services they'll provide even if they don't make money. It forces the Authority to think about efficiency, customer service, and balancing commercial activities with public obligations.\n\n**Key requirements include:**\n- Setting strategic goals and measuring performance\n- Explaining pricing for different types of customers\n- Planning for capital spending and investments\n- Detailing \"community service obligations\" (services the Authority must provide even when unprofitable) and how they'll be funded\n- Protecting the integrity of land ownership records while pursuing commercial strategies"},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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