{"id":"reserves-and-road-closure-act-1972","name":"Reserves and Road Closure Act 1972","slug":"reserves-and-road-closure-act-1972","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":106554,"registerId":"wa-reserves-and-road-closure-act-1972-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Reserves and Road Closure Act 1972","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nReserves and Road Closure Act 1972\n\nWestern Australia\n\nReserves and Road Closure Act 1972\n\nContents\n\n1. Short title 1\n\n2. Reserve No. 18516 at South Guildford 1\n\n3. Reserve No. 7914 at Collie 1\n\n4. Reserve No. 9530 near Minninup 2\n\n5. Reserve No. 24435 at Lake King 2\n\n6. Reserve No. 26270 near Australind 2\n\n7. Reserve No. 22057 adjoining Yalgorup National Park 3\n\n8. Reserve No. 25036 at Boulder 3\n\n9. Reserve No. 9069 at Goomalling 4\n\n10. Reserve No. 24943 at Mt. Barker 4\n\n11. Reserve No. 27632 near Cocklebiddy 4\n\n12. Closure of private road at Mt. Hawthorn 5\n\n13. Reserve No. 9633 at Mandurah 5\n\n14. Reserve No. 4561 at Bedfordale 6\n\n15. Reserve No. 23307 at Wagerup 6\n\n16. Reserve No. 1167 near Boyanup 7\n\n17. Reserves Nos. 2991, 17037 and 23756 on Harvey Estuary 7\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 9\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nReserves and Road Closure Act 1972\n\nAn Act relating to certain Reserves and other lands and to close a portion of road.\n\n##### 1. Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the *Reserves and Road Closure Act 1972*.\n\n##### 2. Reserve No. 18516 at South Guildford\n\n(1) Reserve No. 18516 comprising Swan Location 3137, containing 1543 square metres, set apart for the purpose of “Hall Site (Memorial)”, classified as of Class “A” and held in trust for that purpose under Certificate of Title Volume 1293 Folio 499 by The Returned Services League of Australia, W.A. Branch Incorporated is hereby cancelled.\n\n(2) The land that is available from the reserve cancelled by the operation of subsection (1) of this section may be sold by The Returned Services League of Australia, W.A. Branch Incorporated for an estate in fee simple freed and discharged from all trusts but the whole of the proceeds from any such sale be applied to the War Veterans’ Home at Mt. Lawley.\n\n##### 3. Reserve No. 7914 at Collie\n\n(1) Reserve No. 7914 comprising Collie Lot 955, containing 1012 squares metres, set apart for the purpose of “United Friendly Societies” and held under Crown Lease No. 2418/1915 (Lease No. 559/52 under the *Land Act 1898*) for a term of nine hundred and ninety nine years by Edmund Watt Stuchbury, William Bartholomew O’Shea and Robert Llewellyn Williams as Trustees for the Friendly Societies Council of Collie solely for the purpose of a site for a hall in connection with that Council is hereby cancelled.\n\n(2) Crown Lease No. 2418/1915 (Lease No. 559/42 under the *Land Act 1898*) is hereby cancelled with the intention that the land comprised therein shall be set apart as a reserve for the purpose of “Hall Site” and vested in the Shire of Collie, for that purpose, with power to lease.\n\n##### 4. Reserve No. 9530 near Minninup\n\n(1) Reserve No. 9530 comprising Stirling Estate Lots 141 and 142, containing 264.4620 hectares, set apart for the purpose of “State Forrest”, classified as of Class “A” and vested in the Minister for Mines is hereby cancelled.\n\n(2) The land that is available from the reserve cancelled by the operation of subsection (1) of this section shall be dedicated as State forest under the provisions of the *Forests Act 1918*.\n\n##### 5. Reserve No. 24435 at Lake King\n\n(1) Reserve No. 24435 at Lake King, containing 90.2449 hectares, set apart for the purpose of “Townsite and Protection of Flora” and classified as of Class “A” is hereby amended by excising all that portion situated southward from the northern boundary of Lake King Lot 38 and its prolongation eastward and the area of the reserve is reduced by 42.8967 hectares accordingly.\n\n(2) The land excised by the operation of subsection (1) of this section shall be reserved again for the purpose of “Recreation and Golf Course”.\n\n##### 6. Reserve No. 26270 near Australind\n\n(1) The purpose of Reserve No. 26270 comprising Wellington Location 4781, containing 14.8924 hectares, set apart for the purpose of “National Park”, classified as of Class “A” and vested in the Shire of Harvey is hereby changed to “Conservation of Flora” and the Order in Council dated the 20th September, 1962 vesting the reserve in the Shire of Harvey to be held in trust for “a National Park” is hereby cancelled.\n\n(2) Reserve No. 26270 is hereby amended by excising —\n\n(a) the portion shown coloured dark brown on Lands and Surveys 2 Diagram 75833; and\n\n(b) the portion shown bordered red on that Diagram,\n\nand the area of the reserve is reduced to 10.3650 hectares accordingly.\n\n(3) The land excised by the operation of subsection (2) of this section shall be dealt with in the following manner, that is to say —\n\n(a) that portion shown coloured dark brown on Lands and Surveys 2 Diagram 75833 shall be dedicated as a public road;\n\n(b) that portion shown bordered red on that Diagram shall be included in Class “C” Reserve No. 26271.\n\n##### 7. Reserve No. 22057 adjoining Yalgorup National Park\n\nThe purpose of Reserve No. 22057 comprising Wellington Locations 4079, 4732 and 4926, containing 359.7655 hectares, classified as of Class “A” and vested in the National Parks Board of Western Australia is hereby changed from “Conservation of Flora and Fauna” to “National Park” and the Order in Council dated the 7th May, 1969 vesting the reserve in the National Parks Board of Western Australia to be held in trust for “Conservation of Flora and Fauna” is hereby cancelled.\n\n##### 8. Reserve No. 25036 at Boulder\n\n(1) Reserve No. 25036 comprising Boulder Lots 660 and 1551, containing 57.9231 hectares, set apart for the purpose of “Recreation”, classified as of Class “A” and vested in the Shire of Boulder is hereby amended by excising an area of 3.8319 hectares surveyed as Boulder Lot 3390.\n\n(2) The land excised by the operation of subsection (1) of this section shall be reserved again for the purpose of “Caravan Park” and vested in the Shire of Boulder, for that purpose, with power to lease.\n\n##### 9. Reserve No. 9069 at Goomalling\n\n(1) Reserve No. 9069 comprising Goomalling Lots 38 and 354, containing 9.0296 hectares, set apart for the purpose of “Recreation” and classified as of Class “A” is hereby amended by excising an area of 4047 square metres to be surveyed as Goomalling Lot 438.\n\n(2) The land excised by the operation of subsection (1) of this section shall be reserved again for the purpose of “Homes for the Aged”.\n\n##### 10. Reserve No. 24943 at Mt. Barker\n\n(1) Reserve No. 24943 comprising Plantagenet Location 6172, containing 4.1430 hectares, set apart for the purpose of “Preservation of Flora” and classified as of Class “A” is hereby amended by excising all that portion situated eastward of the prolongation southward of the western boundary of Location 6173.\n\n(2) The land excised by the operation of subsection (1) of this section shall be included in adjoining Reserve No. 11168 which is set apart for the purpose of “Stock Sale Yards”.\n\n##### 11. Reserve No. 27632 near Cocklebiddy\n\n(1) Reserve No. 27632 near Cocklebiddy, containing 616 941.9071 hectares, set apart for the purpose of “Primitive Area for Preservation and Study of Flora, Fauna, Geological and Anthropological Features”, classified as of Class “A” and vested in the Western Australian Wild Life Authority is hereby amended by excising those portions surveyed as Nurina Locations 8 and 9 on Lands and Surveys 2 Original Plan 12000 and Diagram 75451 and the area of the reserve is reduced by 1.2070 hectares accordingly.\n\n(2) The land excised by the operation of subsection (1) of this section shall be sold to the Commonwealth of Australia under section 7 of the *Land Act 1933*.\n\n##### 12. Closure of private road at Mt. Hawthorn\n\n(1) All that portion of road in the City of Perth shown on Land Titles Office 2 Plan 3642 as an extension of Hawthorn Street situated west of the western alignment of The Boulevarde, is hereby closed and all rights of way over it shall cease on and from the date of coming into operation of this Act.\n\n(2) The land contained in the extension of Hawthorn Street that is closed by the operation of subsection (1) of this section, together with a strip of land 0.302 metres wide situated along the western end of that extension, —\n\n(a) is hereby vested in Her Majesty as of Her former estate and removed from the operation of the *Transfer of Land Act 1893*; and\n\n(b) may be disposed of in such manner as the Governor may approve.\n\n##### 13. Reserve No. 9633 at Mandurah\n\n(1) Reserve No. 9633 comprising Cockburn Sound Location 2047, containing 6.8797 hectares set apart for the purpose of “Recreation”, classified as of Class “A” and vested in the Shire of Mandurah is hereby amended by excising an area of 1740 square metres surveyed as Cockburn Sound Location 2250.\n\n(2) The land excised by the operation of subsection (1) of this section shall be reserved again for the purpose of “Sewerage Pumping Station”.\n\n##### 14. Reserve No. 4561 at Bedfordale\n\n(1) Reserve No. 4561 at Bedfordale, classified as of Class “A”, set apart for “Parklands” and vested in the Shire of Armadale‑Kelmscott is amended by excising an area of 1.3583 hectares being part of the land surveyed as Canning Location 2336 on Lands and Surveys 2 Diagram 75321 and being additional to the area excised from the reserve by the operation of subsection (1) of section 18 of the *Reserves Act 1970*.\n\n(2) The Governor is authorized to grant the land excised by the operation of subsection (1) of this section to Guiseppe Antonio Raschella and Nicola Vincenzo Raschella both of Bedfordale, Orchardists as a Crown Grant in the form of the Third Schedule to the *Land Act 1933* for the sum of one thousand nine hundred dollars such sum being additional to the purchase price of one thousand nine hundred dollars fixed by subsection (2) of section 18 of the *Reserves Act 1970* in respect of the portion of Reserve No. 4561 excised by the operation of subsection (1) of that section.\n\n##### 15. Reserve No. 23307 at Wagerup\n\n(1) Reserve No. 23307 comprising Wellington Location 4618, containing 54.1040 hectares and set apart for the purpose of “National Park” is hereby amended by excising an aggregate area of 40.0196 hectares being those portions surveyed as Wellington Locations 5112 and 5126 and as a section of road on Lands and Surveys 2 Diagram 80000 and the area of the reserve is reduced to 14.0844 hectares accordingly.\n\n(2) Those portions of the land excised by the operation of subsection (1) of this section that are identified as Wellington Locations 5112 and 5126 shall be set apart as reserves for the purpose of “Sandpit” and vested, for that purpose, in the Shire of Harvey and the Main Roads Department respectively.\n\n(3) That portion of the land excised by the operation of subsection (1) of this section that is surveyed as a road on Lands and Surveys 2 Diagram 80000 shall be dedicated as a public road.\n\n##### 16. Reserve No. 1167 near Boyanup\n\n(1) Reserve No. 1167 containing about 23 hectares and set apart for “Park Lands” is hereby amended by excising an area of 8361 square metres surveyed as Wellington Location 5125 on Lands and Surveys 2 Diagram 80001 and the area of the reserve is reduced to about 22 hectares accordingly.\n\n(2) The land excised by the operation of subsection (1) of this section shall be reserved for the purpose of “Radio Transceiver Base Station (Main Roads Department)”.\n\n##### 17. Reserves Nos. 2991, 17037 and 23756 on Harvey Estuary\n\n(1) Reserve No. 2991 containing 156.6386 hectares, set apart for the purpose of “Resting Place for Travellers and Stock”, classified as of Class “A” and vested in the Shire of Murray is hereby cancelled.\n\n(2) About 20 hectares of the land made available by the operation of subsection (1) of this section shall be reserved again for the purpose of “Recreation”, proclaimed as of Class “A”, and vested in the Shire of Murray for that purpose.\n\n(3) Reserve No. 17037 comprising Murray Locations 733 and 1486, containing about 73 hectares, set apart for the purpose of “Camping”, and classified as of Class “A” is hereby cancelled.\n\n(4) The purpose of Reserve No. 23756 comprising Murray Locations 1487 and 1488, containing about 781 hectares and classified as of Class “A” is hereby changed from “Preservation of Flora and Fauna” and to “Conservation of Flora and Fauna” and the reserve —\n\n(a) is hereby amended to include the land made available by the operation of subsection (3) of this section; and\n\n(b) shall be further amended by the inclusion of that portion of the land made available by the operation of subsection (1) of this section that remains after effect has been given to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section,\n\nand its area shall be increased to about 990 hectares accordingly.\n\nNotes\n\n1 This is a compilation of the *Reserves and Road Closure Act 1972* and includes all amendments effected by the other Acts referred to in the following Table.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Short title** | **Number and year** | **Assent** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| *Reserves and Road Closure Act 1972* | 95 of 1972 | 4 Dec 1972 | 4 Dec 1972 |\n\n\n2 Lands and Surveys and Lands Titles Office plans diagrams are now being held by the Western Australian Land Information Authority (see the *Land Information Authority Act 2006* s. 100).\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Act itself alters the prior scope of multiple reserves by cancelling or changing purposes, excising land and reallocating areas, and by closing and re‑vesting a road. Examples: cancelling a memorial hall reserve and permitting sale with proceeds to the War Veterans’ Home (s.2); changing a National Park reserve to a flora conservation purpose and excising land for road or inclusion in another reserve (s.6); and closing and authorising disposal of a private road extension (s.12)."},"complexity_factors":["Large number of discrete land parcels and reserves affected (multiple sections each altering different parcels).","Variety of legal actions: cancellations, excisions, re‑reservations, changes of purpose/classification, vestings, dedications and sales.","Cross‑references to other statutes and instruments (Forests Act 1918, Land Act 1933, Transfer of Land Act 1893, Reserves Act 1970 and Orders in Council).","Technical cadastral references to plans/diagrams and precise area changes requiring land titling action.","Delegated decision points and executive discretion (Governor power to dispose — s.12(2)(b); vesting to local authorities and boards).","Directed financial/instrument outcomes in specific cases (proceeds to War Veterans’ Home — s.2(2); Crown grant terms — s.14(2))."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act changes the legal status, area, purpose and ownership/vesting of specified Crown reserves across Western Australia and closes a portion of road. It authorises cancellations, re‑reservations, excisions, vestings and sales, directing proceeds in one case to the War Veterans’ Home (s.2(2)) and authorising the Governor to dispose of closed road land (s.12(2)(b))."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed — the legislative text was unavailable. No content was returned to compare against original intent."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was retrievable — the source URL returned an error page rather than actual content","Complexity cannot be meaningfully assessed without the full text","Score of 1 reflects absence of data, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"## Reserves and Road Closure Act 1972 (WA)\n\n**⚠️ Content Unavailable**\n\nThe full text of this Western Australian legislation could not be retrieved — the source page is no longer available due to system upgrades on the WA legislation website.\n\n**What we know from the title alone:**\n- This is a **Western Australian law** from **1972**\n- It likely deals with the **creation, management, or closure of public reserves** (areas of Crown land set aside for specific purposes, like parks or recreation) and **road closures** (formally closing public roads so they can be repurposed or sold)\n- It would typically affect **landowners, local councils, developers, and government agencies** dealing with Crown land or public road infrastructure\n\n**To access the actual legislation**, visit the [Western Australian legislation website](https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au) and search for the Act by name."},"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"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly what its title suggests: managing specific reserves and closing a road. There is no scope creep—each section addresses a distinct, named parcel of land with precise transactional outcomes. The Act remains tightly bounded to its original purpose of facilitating specific land management tasks that were likely too detailed or politically sensitive for delegated administrative action."},"complexity_factors":["Highly repetitive structure: 16 near-identical sections following the same pattern (cancel/change/excise + redirect)","Dense with specific spatial data: 47 separate references to lot numbers, location numbers, hectare measurements, and diagram references (e.g., 'Wellington Location 4618', 'Lands and Surveys 2 Diagram 80000')","No defined terms section: terminology like 'Class A reserve', 'estate in fee simple', and 'Crown Grant' assumes existing legal knowledge","Minimal conditional logic: straightforward command language ('is hereby cancelled', 'shall be reserved') with no nested exceptions or 'if/then' complexity","Single cross-reference: only references the Land Act 1898, Forests Act 1918, Land Act 1933, Transfer of Land Act 1893, and Reserves Act 1970 for procedural context","No interpretation section or general provisions: the Act is purely operational with no overarching framework"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a Western Australian law from 1972 that makes specific, technical changes to land reservations across the state and closes one private road.\n\n**What it does:**\nThe Act performs a series of \"housekeeping\" tasks on reserved land—public land set aside for specific purposes like parks, halls, or conservation. For each of 16 different parcels of land (identified by reserve numbers), it either:\n- **Cancels** the reserve entirely (freeing up the land for sale or other uses)\n- **Changes the purpose** of the reserve (e.g., from \"National Park\" to \"Conservation of Flora\")\n- **Excises (cuts out)** portions of land from existing reserves and redirects them to new purposes\n- **Transfers management** of land between different government bodies, councils, or private trustees\n\n**Key examples:**\n- **Section 2**: Cancels a memorial hall site in South Guildford so the RSL can sell it, with proceeds going to a veterans' home\n- **Section 4**: Converts a cancelled state forest reserve into formal State forest under different legislation\n- **Section 12**: Closes a private road extension in Mt. Hawthorn and returns the land to the Crown (the government)\n- **Section 14**: Authorises the sale of a slice of parkland in Bedfordale to two specific orchardists for $1,900\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Local governments (shires) who gain or lose control of reserves\n- Specific organisations like the RSL, National Parks Board, and Main Roads Department\n- Individual landowners in specific locations (e.g., the Raschella family in Bedfordale)\n- The general public, indirectly, through changes to parks, roads, and public land use\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is a \"private bill\" style of legislation—highly specific to particular parcels of land rather than setting general rules. It reflects how Western Australia historically managed land transactions: instead of using administrative processes, Parliament passed individual Acts to adjust reserve boundaries, cancel trusts, and authorise sales. These changes enabled infrastructure (sewerage pumping stations, radio towers, sandpits), allowed community groups to monetise assets, and adjusted conservation boundaries."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/reserves-and-road-closure-act-1972","history":"/api/acts/reserves-and-road-closure-act-1972/history","analysis":"/api/acts/reserves-and-road-closure-act-1972/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/reserves-and-road-closure-act-1972/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/reserves-and-road-closure-act-1972/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/reserves-and-road-closure-act-1972/documents"}}