{"id":"reserves-act-and-the-reserves-and-road-closure-act-amendment-act-1978","name":"Reserves Act and the Reserves and Road Closure Act Amendment Act 1978","slug":"reserves-act-and-the-reserves-and-road-closure-act-amendment-act-1978","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":106547,"registerId":"wa-reserves-act-and-the-reserves-and-road-closure-act-amendment-act-1978-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Reserves Act and the Reserves and Road Closure Act Amendment Act 1978","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nReserves Act and the Reserves and Road Closure Act Amendment Act 1978\n\nWestern Australia\n\nReserves Act and the Reserves and Road Closure Act Amendment Act 1978\n\nContents\n\n1. Short title 1\n\n2. Commencement 1\n\n3. Reserve No. 30338 at Ardross 1\n\n4. Reserve No. 7406 at Cowaramup Bay 1\n\n5. Reserve No. 15231 at Esperance 2\n\n6. Reserve No. 27632 at Israelite Bay 2\n\n7. Reserve No. 20605 at Narrogin 2\n\n8. Reserve No. 23152 at Narrogin 2\n\n9. Reserve No. 20091 at Marangaroo 2\n\n10. Purpose of certain Reserves changed to “National Park” 3\n\n11. Reserve No. 8320 at Boulder 3\n\n12. Section 11 of Act No. 62 of 1977 amended (Reserve at South Perth) 3\n\nSchedule\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 5\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nReserves Act and the Reserves and Road Closure Act Amendment Act 1978\n\nAn Act relating to certain Reserves and other Lands and to amend the *Reserves and Road Closure Act 1977*.\n\n##### 1. Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the *Reserves Act and the Reserves and Road Closure Act Amendment Act 1978*.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\n(1) Section 12 of this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 23rd day of November 1977.\n\n(2) Sections 1 to 11 inclusive of this Act shall come into operation on the day that this Act receives the Royal Assent.\n\n##### 3. Reserve No. 30338 at Ardross\n\nReserve No. 30338, classified as of Class A, containing 2 216 square metres, set apart for “Park and Gardens”, vested in the Melville City Council is hereby cancelled, and the Order in Council dated 29th April 1970 vesting the Reserve in the Melville City Council is hereby cancelled.\n\n##### 4. Reserve No. 7406 at Cowaramup Bay\n\nThe purpose of Reserve No. 7406, classified as of Class A, comprising about 67.582 5 hectares, set apart for “Protection and Preservation of Caves and Flora and for Health and Pleasure Resort” is hereby changed to “National Park and Water”.\n\n##### 5. Reserve No. 15231 at Esperance\n\nThe purpose of Reserve No. 15231, classified as of Class A, comprising Esperance Locations 823, 825 and 1962, containing 522.872 3 hectares, set apart for “Conservation of Flora and Fauna”, vested in the Western Australian Wildlife Authority is hereby changed to “Recreation and Conservation of Flora and Fauna”.\n\n##### 6. Reserve No. 27632 at Israelite Bay\n\n(1) Reserve No. 27632, classified as of Class A, containing about 625 343.614 5 hectares set apart for Primitive Area for Preservation and Study of Flora, Fauna Geological and Anthropological Features, is hereby amended by excising an area of about 20.92 hectares surveyed as Mardarbilla Location 7.\n\n(2) The land excised by the operation of subsection (1) of this section shall be reserved again for the purpose “Preservation of Historical Buildings and Graves”.\n\n##### 7. Reserve No. 20605 at Narrogin\n\nThe purpose of Reserve No. 20605, classified as of Class A, comprising 28.773 2 hectares, set apart for “National Park” vested in the Narrogin Town Council is hereby changed to “Recreation and Parkland”.\n\n##### 8. Reserve No. 23152 at Narrogin\n\nThe purpose of Reserve No. 23152, classified as of Class A, comprising 9.510 1 hectares, set apart for “National Park” is hereby changed to “Recreation and Parkland”.\n\n##### 9. Reserve No. 20091 at Marangaroo\n\n(1) Reserve 20091, classified as of Class A, containing 76.890 3 hectares, set apart for “Preservation of Flora and Fauna”, vested in the Wanneroo Shire Council, is hereby amended by excising areas containing in the aggregate 7.935 7 hectares, surveyed as Swan Locations 9781, 9782 and 9783.\n\n(2) The purpose of the reserve is changed to “Recreation and Parklands”, and the Order in Council dated the 23rd March 1955 vesting the reserve in the Wanneroo Shire Council to be held in trust for the purpose of “Preservation of Flora and Fauna” is hereby cancelled.\n\n(3) The land excised by the operation of subsection (1) of this section shall be granted to the Wanneroo Shire Council subject to the Wanneroo Shire Council surrendering and transferring to Her Majesty certain lands containing in the aggregate 10.824 0 hectares and upon payment by the Wanneroo Shire Council of such consideration as the Governor may approve.\n\n##### 10. Purpose of certain Reserves changed to “National Park”\n\nThe purpose set out in column 2 of the Schedule to this Act opposite and corresponding to each of the Reserves classified as of Class A and specified in column 1 of that Schedule, is changed from the purpose so set out to the purpose “National Park”.\n\n##### 11. Reserve No. 8320 at Boulder\n\nThe classification as of Class A of Reserve No. 8320, set apart for “Recreation”, is hereby cancelled and the purpose of the reserve is hereby changed to “Prison Site”.\n\n##### 12. Section 11 of Act No. 62 of 1977 amended (Reserve at South Perth)\n\n(1) In this section the *Reserves and Road Closure Act 1977* is referred to as the principal Act.\n\n(2) Subsection (1) of section 11 of the principal Act is amended by deleted in line five the expression “521” and substituting the expression “5211”.\n\nSchedule\n\n| Column 1.<br>Reserve No. | Column 2.<br>Purpose. |\n| --- | --- |\n| 8428 (area 68.391 9 hectares) | For the Protection and Preservation of Caves and Flora and for Health and Pleasure Resort. |\n| 8429 (area 182.513 2 hectares) | For the Protection and Preservation of Caves and Flora and for Health and Pleasure Resort. |\n| 8430 (area 318.082 9 hectares) | For the Protection and Preservation of Caves and Flora and for Health and Pleasure Resort. |\n| 8432 (area 64.749 7 hectares) | For the Protection and Preservation of Caves and Flora and for Health and Pleasure Resort. |\n| 8433 (area 215.292 8 hectares) | For the Protection and Preservation of Caves and Flora and for Health and Pleasure Resort. |\n| 8435 (area 194.249 1 hectares) | For the Protection and Preservation of Caves and Flora and for Health and Pleasure Resort. |\n| 8694 (area 222.577 1 hectares) | For the Protection and Preservation of Caves and Flora and for Health and Pleasure Resort. |\n| 8768 (area 242.811 4 hectares) | For the Protection and Preservation of Caves and for Health and Pleasure Resort. |\n| 10922 (area 99.246 6 hectares) | For the Protection and Preservation of Caves and Flora and for Health and Pleasure Resort. |\n| 12507 (area 33.993 6 hectares) | Recreation (Ocean Frontage). |\n| 15633 (area 263.045 7 hectares) | Parklands and Recreation. |\n| 20455 (area 524.472 6 hectares) | Tourist Resort. |\n| 21451 (area 835.585 6 hectares) | Camping. |\n\n\nNotes\n\n1 This is a compilation of the *Reserves Act and the Reserves and Road Closure Act Amendment Act 1978*. The following table contains information about that Act.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Short title** | **Number and Year** | **Assent** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| *Reserves Act and the Reserves and Road Closure Act Amendment Act 1978* | 103 of 1978 | 30 Nov 1978 | s. 1-11: 30 Nov 1978 (see s. 2(2));<br>s. 12: 23 Nov 1977 (see s. 2(1)) |\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. The Act alters the original legal purposes and management arrangements for multiple Class A reserves (see ss.3–11 and the Schedule): it converts, expands or reduces reserve purposes, cancels vestings, excises and re‑reserves land, and adds a corrective amendment to the Reserves and Road Closure Act 1977 (s.12). These changes reallocate management responsibility and may impose payment or land‑surrender obligations on local councils (s.9(3))."},"complexity_factors":["Many discrete, location-specific amendments (ss.3–11 and Schedule) requiring precise survey areas and legal descriptions","Multiple types of legal actions: cancellation of vestings, purpose changes, excisions, re-reserving and grants to councils (see ss.3,4,6,9)","Conditional transfer arrangements involving payment and land surrender subject to Governor's approval (s.9(3))","A corrective amendment to a prior Act that cross‑references earlier legislation (s.12)","Varied affected parties: local councils, Western Australian Wildlife Authority and the Crown, creating administrative coordination and compliance tasks","Use of exact area figures and classifications (Class A) increases drafting precision and potential boundary/management disputes"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act changes the legal classification, purpose and vesting of specified Class A reserves in Western Australia: it cancels or amends existing vestings, reassigns reserve purposes (including to “National Park”, “Recreation and Parklands”, and “Prison Site”), excises and re‑reserves land, and corrects a numeric reference in a prior Act. Local councils, the Western Australian Wildlife Authority and the Governor (who may approve payments) are directly affected; the changes shift management responsibility, may require land transfers or payments, and change permitted uses and public access."},"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"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: making specific, technical amendments to individual land reserves and correcting a minor error in a previous Act. There is no evidence of scope creep; each provision directly addresses reserve management, boundary adjustments, or purpose modifications as indicated by the title."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short statute (12 operative sections plus Schedule)","No defined terms section; all language is ordinary English","Minimal cross-referencing (only one reference to another Act, in s.12)","Simple conditional logic limited to straightforward excisions and purpose changes","Schedule consists of a basic two-column table with 13 entries","No nested exceptions or complex procedural requirements","Each section deals with a single, specific land parcel or discrete amendment"],"plain_english_summary":"This Western Australian law makes a series of specific changes to land reserves (public land set aside for particular purposes) across the state. It does three main things:\n\n**Cancelling some reserves entirely**\n- A small park in Ardross (Reserve No. 30338) is cancelled, removing its protected status and returning control to the Crown (the government).\n\n**Changing what reserves can be used for**\n- Several reserves have their purposes updated. For example, land at Cowaramup Bay and multiple cave protection areas are redesignated as \"National Parks.\"\n- Two reserves at Narrogin are changed from \"National Park\" to \"Recreation and Parkland\" (a less restrictive category).\n- A reserve at Marangaroo is changed from wildlife preservation to recreation, with a portion excised for other uses.\n- A reserve at Boulder is repurposed from \"Recreation\" to \"Prison Site.\"\n\n**Adjusting boundaries and correcting errors**\n- At Israelite Bay, a small section is carved out of a large primitive area to protect historical buildings and graves separately.\n- At Marangaroo, specific surveyed lots are removed from the reserve.\n- A technical correction fixes a numbering error in a previous Act (changing \"521\" to \"5211\" in the South Perth reserve provisions).\n\n**Why it matters:** This is typical \"land management\" legislation. It reflects changing community needs—converting some protected areas to recreational use, upgrading conservation areas to national park status, and fixing administrative errors in land descriptions. These changes affect what activities are permitted on specific parcels of public land and which government bodies manage them."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as no legislative content was retrievable. The webpage containing the Act is no longer available on the Western Australian legislation website."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was available for analysis — the source page returned a 404-style error message only","The title alone provides minimal information, preventing any meaningful complexity assessment","Amendment acts are inherently harder to assess without seeing the parent legislation they modify"],"plain_english_summary":"This 1978 Western Australian amendment act altered the Reserves Act and the Reserves and Road Closure Act. It would have changed how public reserves (e.g., parks, recreation lands) and the opening/closure of roads are governed.\n\nIt primarily affects state and local authorities, land managers and communities with interests in public land use and access, so it matters for how reserve land and road closures are administered."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/reserves-act-and-the-reserves-and-road-closure-act-amendment-act-1978","history":"/api/acts/reserves-act-and-the-reserves-and-road-closure-act-amendment-act-1978/history","analysis":"/api/acts/reserves-act-and-the-reserves-and-road-closure-act-amendment-act-1978/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/reserves-act-and-the-reserves-and-road-closure-act-amendment-act-1978/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/reserves-act-and-the-reserves-and-road-closure-act-amendment-act-1978/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/reserves-act-and-the-reserves-and-road-closure-act-amendment-act-1978/documents"}}