{"id":"spencers-brooknortham-railway-extension-act-1963","name":"Spencer's Brook-Northam Railway Extension Act 1963","slug":"spencer-s-brook-northam-railway-extension-act-1963","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":110262,"registerId":"wa-spencers-brooknortham-railway-extension-act-1963-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Spencer's Brook-Northam Railway Extension Act 1963","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nSpencer’s Brook-Northam Railway Extension Act 1963\n\nWestern Australia\n\nSpencer’s Brook-Northam Railway Extension Act 1963\n\nContents\n\n1. Short title 1\n\n2. Authority to construct railway lines 1\n\nSchedule — Line of Spencer’s Brook ‑ Northam Railway Extension\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 3\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nSpencer’s Brook-Northam Railway Extension Act 1963\n\nAn Act to authorise an extension of the Spencer’s Brook to Northam Railway.\n\n##### 1. Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the *Spencer’s Brook‑Northam Railway Extension Act 1963* 1.\n\n##### 2. Authority to construct railway lines\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 Spencer’s Brook ‑ Northam Railway Extension\n\n[s. 2]\n\n[Heading inserted: No. 19 of 2010 s. 5.]\n\nCommencing at a point on the Spencer’s Brook‑Northam Railway about 65 miles 60 chains from Perth and proceeding thence in a north‑easterly direction for about 18 chains and thence in a north‑north‑easterly direction for about 60 chains and thence in a north‑north‑westerly direction for about 70 chains and thence in a north‑westerly direction for about 30 chains terminating at the easterly end of the new marshalling yard to be constructed on the route of the standard gauge railway and being more particularly delineated and shown in red on map marked C.E. Plan 53377 deposited pursuant to the *Public Works Act 1902*, section 96.\n\nTotal length about 2 miles 18 chains.\n\nNotes\n\n1 This is a compilation of the *Spencer’s Brook-Northam Railway Extension Act 1963* 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| *Spencer’s Brook‑Northam Railway Extension Act 1963* | 18 of 1963 | 5 Nov 1963 | 5 Nov 1963 |\n| **Reprint 1: The *Spencer’s Brook‑Northam Railway Extension Act 1963* as at 10 Jun 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":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose: authorising a specific railway extension. The only amendment in 2010 was purely cosmetic (Standardisation of Formatting Act), updating the heading format without changing substantive content."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections (short title and authority)","No defined terms section","Single, straightforward conditional: authority to construct 'along the lines described in the Schedule'","No cross-references to other legislation except incidental reference to Public Works Act 1902 regarding map deposit","Schedule contains purely descriptive geographical/directional information rather than legal conditions","Total length approximately 400 words"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short Western Australian law from 1963 that gives legal permission to build a specific railway extension. It authorises the construction of a roughly 2-mile stretch of railway track connecting Spencer's Brook to Northam (about 100km east of Perth). The Act describes the exact route using old-fashioned surveying measurements (chains and miles) and references a deposited map. Essentially, it's a parliamentary approval for a specific infrastructure project — a new marshalling yard and connecting track — needed for the standardisation of rail gauges in Western Australia during the 1960s."},"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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act's substantive scope—authorising construction and maintenance of the specified railway extension (s. 2 and Schedule)—remains unchanged. The only recorded amendment is a formatting/heading insertion under the Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 (No. 19 of 2010, s. 5), as shown in the compilation table and the Schedule note; no substantive alteration to the authority or route is indicated."},"complexity_factors":["Single, short operative provision granting construction and maintenance powers (s. 2).","Technical route description in the Schedule using bearings and imperial distance units (miles and chains) which requires reference to the deposited plan for exact positioning (Schedule).","Dependence on an external deposited plan (C.E. Plan 53377) and cross‑reference to the Public Works Act 1902, section 96 (Schedule).","No statutory detail on funding, land acquisition, ownership or operational control—implementation and costs are left to executive agencies (s. 2; Schedule).","Legislative history shows only a formatting amendment (Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 5 / heading inserted); no substantive changes to scope (Compilation table; heading note).","Practical deployment relies on administrative and surveying steps outside the Act, creating implementation complexity not captured in the text (s. 2; Schedule)."],"plain_english_summary":"Authorises construction and maintenance of a specified Spencer’s Brook–Northam rail extension (about 2 miles 18 chains) along the route shown on C.E. Plan 53377. It gives statutory permission for state agencies or contractors to build and maintain the line and affects landowners and operators along that corridor. The Act does not itself set funding, ownership or operational rules; it simply provides legal authority to proceed."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed. The legislative text was not available for analysis. No comparison between original intent and final form is possible from the information provided."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was retrievable — only a website error page was provided","Cannot assess complexity without the actual content of the Act","Score of 1 reflects absence of analysable material, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"This appears to be a 1963 Western Australian Act authorising a Spencer’s Brook–Northam railway extension—likely affecting land acquisition, construction powers and funding for public infrastructure. \n\nThe statute text is currently unavailable on the WA legislation site, so its exact scope, rights or obligations can’t be confirmed; anyone who needs to rely on it should contact the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office or search legislation.wa.gov.au to verify whether it’s been repealed, consolidated, or renamed."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/spencer-s-brook-northam-railway-extension-act-1963","history":"/api/acts/spencer-s-brook-northam-railway-extension-act-1963/history","analysis":"/api/acts/spencer-s-brook-northam-railway-extension-act-1963/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/spencer-s-brook-northam-railway-extension-act-1963/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/spencer-s-brook-northam-railway-extension-act-1963/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/spencer-s-brook-northam-railway-extension-act-1963/documents"}}