{"id":"spearwoodcockburn-cement-pty-limited-railway-act-1961","name":"Spearwood-Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited Railway Act 1961","slug":"spearwood-cockburn-cement-pty-limited-railway-act-1961","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":110257,"registerId":"wa-spearwoodcockburn-cement-pty-limited-railway-act-1961-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Spearwood-Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited Railway Act 1961","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nSpearwood-Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited Railway Act 1961\n\nWestern Australia\n\nSpearwood-Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited Railway Act 1961\n\nContents\n\n1. Short title 1\n\n2. Construction of railway authorised 1\n\nSchedule — Line of Spearwood ‑ Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited Railway\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 3\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nSpearwood‑Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited Railway Act 1961\n\nAn Act to authorise the construction of a railway from Spearwood to the works site of Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited.\n\n##### 1. Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the *Spearwood‑Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited Railway Act 1961* 1.\n\n##### 2. Construction of railway authorised\n\nIt shall be lawful to construct and maintain a railway, with all necessary, proper and usual works and conveniences in connection therewith, along the lines described in the Schedule.\n\nSchedule — Line of Spearwood ‑ Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited Railway\n\n[s. 2]\n\n[Heading inserted: No. 19 of 2010 s. 5.]\n\nCommencing at a point opposite 16 miles 55 chains on the Woodman’s Point‑Jandakot Railway at the east end of Spearwood Station Yard and proceeding thence generally in an easterly direction for 70 chains parallel to and within the Reserve of the Woodman’s Point‑Jandakot Railway, and thence in an east‑south‑easterly direction for 11 chains, and thence in a south‑south‑easterly direction for 12 chains, and thence in south‑south‑westerly direction for 13 chains, and thence in a south‑south‑easterly direction for 23 chains, and thence in a south‑south‑westerly direction for 33 chains, and thence in a southerly direction for 20 chains, and thence in a south‑south‑easterly direction for 36 chains, and thence in a southerly direction for 29 chains, to junction with the proposed Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited private Railway siding at a point on the northern boundary of Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited’s works site a distance of 1 chain due east from that portion of the western boundary of Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited’s works site between Churchill Avenue and Britannia Avenue as more particularly set out and delineated in red on map marked C.E. Plan 51671 deposited pursuant to section 96 of the *Public Works Act 1902*.\n\nTotal length about 3 miles 7 chains.\n\nNotes\n\n1 This is a compilation of the *Spearwood-Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited Railway Act 1961* 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| *Spearwood‑Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited Railway Act 1961* | 33 of 1961 | 6 Nov 1961 | 6 Nov 1961 |\n| **Reprint 1: The *Spearwood‑Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited Railway Act 1961* as at 18 Mar 2005** | | | |\n| *Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010* s. 5 | 19 of 2010 | 28 Jun 2010 | 11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and *Gazette* 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341) |\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as the legislative text was not provided. No content is available to compare original intent against enacted provisions."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text is available for analysis — only an error page was provided","Cannot assess complexity of provisions, definitions, or regulatory frameworks without the actual content","The title alone suggests a narrow, single-purpose private railway authorisation Act, which historically tended to be straightforward instruments"],"plain_english_summary":"Likely a 1961 Western Australian Act authorising Spearwood-Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited to build and operate a private railway. It would have enabled company transport of cement or raw materials, affecting the company, landowners along the corridor and railway workers. It matters for industrial logistics and local land-use rights; consult WA legislation site for the full text."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"No substantive change to the Act's scope is recorded in the compilation table. Amendments noted (Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s.5) relate to formatting and a heading insertion; the statutory authorisation to build and maintain the specified railway remains unchanged (s.2; Schedule)."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (s.2) makes legislative text short and direct.","Schedule contains technical land description using chains, compass directions and a deposited plan (mapping/implementation detail).","Schedule references a plan deposited under section 96 of the Public Works Act 1902, creating a dependency on another statute for locating the line.","No provisions in the Act about funding, ownership, access rights or operational regulation—implementation requires private agreements and/or other regulatory processes.","Amendments recorded are formatting/heading insertions (Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010) rather than substantive changes, simplifying legal history but requiring checking of compilation notes."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the construction and maintenance of a railway from Spearwood to the Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited works site along the route set out in the Schedule and deposited as C.E. Plan 51671. Mechanically it permits the building of \"all necessary, proper and usual works and conveniences\" for that line (s.2; Schedule).\n\nThe Act names a private siding but does not set out funding, ownership or operational arrangements, so who pays and how the railway is run depends on the parties and other laws (s.2; Schedule)."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains exactly as intended in 1961—a simple authority to construct a specific private railway. The only amendment in 2010 was purely cosmetic (Standardisation of Formatting Act), inserting a heading in the Schedule. The scope has not expanded beyond the original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections (short title and construction authority)","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation (except incidental reference to Public Works Act 1902 in the Schedule regarding a deposited map)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or administrative machinery","Single purpose legislation with straightforward command ('It shall be lawful')","Schedule contains only geographical description, not legal complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a very short Western Australian law from 1961 that gives permission to build a private railway. Specifically, it allows Spearwood-Cockburn Cement Pty. Limited to construct and maintain a railway line running about 3 miles from Spearwood to their cement works site in Cockburn. The Schedule provides extremely detailed technical directions for the route using old surveying measurements (chains and miles). The Act essentially creates a legal right for this specific company to build on this specific route—nothing more, nothing less. It affects the company (giving them authority) and potentially any landowners along the route (who may need to accommodate the railway)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/spearwood-cockburn-cement-pty-limited-railway-act-1961","history":"/api/acts/spearwood-cockburn-cement-pty-limited-railway-act-1961/history","analysis":"/api/acts/spearwood-cockburn-cement-pty-limited-railway-act-1961/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/spearwood-cockburn-cement-pty-limited-railway-act-1961/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/spearwood-cockburn-cement-pty-limited-railway-act-1961/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/spearwood-cockburn-cement-pty-limited-railway-act-1961/documents"}}