{"id":"road-closure-act-1969","name":"Road Closure Act 1969","slug":"road-closure-act-1969","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":109882,"registerId":"wa-road-closure-act-1969-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Road Closure Act 1969","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nRoad Closure Act 1969\n\nWestern Australia\n\nRoad Closure Act 1969\n\nContents\n\n1. Short title 1\n\n2. Closure of portion of Mount Street, City of Perth 1\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 2\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nRoad Closure Act 1969\n\nAn Act to provide for the closure of portion of Mount Street and Rights of way and for incidental and other purposes.\n\n##### 1. Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the *Road Closure Act 1969*.\n\n##### 2. Closure of portion of Mount Street, City of Perth\n\n(1) All that portion of the public road, known as Mount Street in the City of Perth, being —\n\nthe land abutting Perth Lots L29, L30, L31, and L32, containing an area of two roods thirteen and three tenths perches, and delineated and bordered blue on Lands and Surveys 2 Original Plan No. 10270,\n\nmay be closed by proclamation and all rights of way over it shall thereupon cease.\n\n(2) When the portion of the public road referred to in subsection (1) of this section is closed pursuant to that subsection, the land comprised in that portion shall be revested in Her Majesty as of her former estate and shall be removed from the operation of the *Transfer of Land Act 1893* with the intention that it be disposed of in such manner as the Governor may approve.\n\nNotes\n\n1 This is a compilation of the *Road Closure Act 1969* 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| *Road Closure Act 1969* | 94 of 1969 | 17 Nov 1969 | 17 Nov 1969 |\n\n\n2 Lands and Surveys plans are now being held by the Western Australian Land Information Authority (see the *Land Information Authority Act 2006* s. 100).\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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 assessed as the legislative content was not available for review. The page returned a system error indicating the URL is no longer active on the Western Australian legislation website."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative content was retrievable — the source URL returned a broken page error rather than the text of the Act","Any complexity assessment would be speculative without the actual provisions","The score of 1 reflects the absence of content to analyse, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"## Road Closure Act 1969 (WA) — Content Unavailable\n\n**The actual text of this legislation could not be retrieved.** The link provided leads to a broken or removed page on the Western Australian legislation website, not the content of the Act itself.\n\n**What we do know:**\n- This is a **Western Australian Act** from **1969**\n- Based on its name, it likely deals with the **legal process for closing roads** — for example, how government authorities can formally close public roads, who has the power to do so, and what happens to the land once a road is closed\n- Road closure laws typically affect **landowners near roads**, **local governments**, **developers**, and **members of the public** who use those roads\n\n**To find the actual legislation**, visit the Western Australian Parliament website (www.legislation.wa.gov.au) and search for \"Road Closure Act 1969\" directly."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains exactly as intended—a targeted, single-purpose Act to close one specific section of road in Perth. It has not expanded beyond its original scope."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections (short title and closure provision)","Zero defined terms in an interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislation except a single mention of the Transfer of Land Act 1893","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Extremely narrow, single-purpose scope affecting one specific parcel of land","Total length under 300 words"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a very short, specific law from Western Australia that does one thing: it allows the government to permanently close a small section of Mount Street in Perth (near lots L29-L32) and take back ownership of that land.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Closes a road**: Authorises the closure of a specific 2.3-rood parcel of Mount Street (about 0.57 acres or roughly 2,300 square metres) by proclamation (an official government announcement).\n- **Stops public access**: Once closed, the public no longer has any right to use that section as a road.\n- **Returns land to the Crown**: The land goes back to being government property ('Her Majesty') and is taken out of the land titles system (the *Transfer of Land Act 1893*).\n- **Allows future sale**: The Governor can then decide what to do with the land—likely sell or lease it to private owners.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Property owners adjacent to lots L29-L32 on Mount Street, Perth\n- Anyone who might have used that short stretch of road\n- The Western Australian government (which gains control of the land)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is a 'private Act'—legislation passed to deal with a specific piece of land rather than general rules. These were common in the 1960s for road closures before standard administrative processes existed. It shows how Parliament used to handle individual property transactions that required overriding normal public rights of way."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The compilation table shows the original 1969 Act with no recorded amendments. The Act's scope remains as originally drafted: closure of the identified Mount Street portion, extinguishment of rights of way, revesting in the Crown, removal from the Transfer of Land Act, and disposal subject to the Governor's approval (ss.1–2)."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow geographic scope — applies to a single, precisely described parcel of Mount Street (s.2(1)).","Single procedural trigger — closure occurs by proclamation (s.2(1)), which simplifies enactment but concentrates decision-making.","Revesting and title effect — closed land is revested in the Crown and removed from the Transfer of Land Act, changing conveyancing/titling pathways (s.2(2)).","Executive discretion over disposal — Governor approves disposal method, creating administrative discretion (s.2(2)).","Dependence on cadastral plan reference (Lands and Surveys Original Plan No.10270) for boundaries, creating an evidentiary link to land records (s.2(1)).","Minimal cross-references and no ongoing regulatory regime, reducing compliance and implementation complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises closing a specific portion of Mount Street in the City of Perth by proclamation, extinguishing all rights of way over that strip and revesting the land in the Crown so it can be disposed of as the Governor approves. It also removes that parcel from the Transfer of Land Act, altering how title and disposal are handled. The Governor decides disposal; nearby private interests may be affected; administrative steps are limited to the closure proclamation and Crown disposal process."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/road-closure-act-1969","history":"/api/acts/road-closure-act-1969/history","analysis":"/api/acts/road-closure-act-1969/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/road-closure-act-1969/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/road-closure-act-1969/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/road-closure-act-1969/documents"}}