Div 7Transitional provisions

Division 7 — Transitional provisions 224. *Conservation and Land Management Act 1984* (1) A thing done or omitted to be done before commencement by, to or in relation to the Executive Director (other than as the body corporate referred to in section 38 of the *Conservation and Land Management Act 1984* as in force before commencement) under, or for the purposes of, an enactment has the same effect after commencement, to the extent that it has any force or significance after commencement, as if it had been done or omitted by, to or in relation to the CEO under, or for the purposes of, that enactment. (2) The Conservation and Land Management Executive Body established by section 36 of the *Conservation and Land Management Act 1984* (as in force after commencement) is a continuation of, and the same legal person as, the body corporate referred to in section 38 of that Act (as in force before commencement). (3) Land placed under the management of the Department under section 33(2) of the *Conservation and Land Management Act 1984* before commencement is to be taken to have been placed, on commencement, under the management of the CEO under that Act. (4) The Registrar of Titles or the Registrar of Deeds and Transfers may make any entry in, or any endorsement or notation on, the title, land register or other record in respect of land that is necessary because of subsection (3). (5) A reference in a written law or any other instrument to land under the management of the Department under the *Conservation and Land Management Act 1984* is to be read as a reference to land under the management of the CEO. (6) A reference in a written law or any other instrument to the Director of Nature Conservation, the Director of Forests or the Director of National Parks is to be read as a reference to the CEO. (7) In this section — CEO has the meaning given by section 3 of the *Conservation and Land Management Act 1984* as in force after commencement; commencement means the time at which section 183 comes into operation; Executive Director means the Executive Director referred to in section 36 of the *Conservation and Land Management Act 1984* as in force before commencement, and, unless the contrary intention appears, other words and expressions in this section have the same respective meanings as they have in the *Conservation and Land Management Act 1984*. 15 The requirement to appoint an Executive Director was removed from the Act and references to the Executive Director were replaced by references to the CEO, see the *Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006* Pt. 7 Div. 1. Section 454 of that Act is a general transitional provision that applies to references to the Executive Director in written laws. 16 The requirement to establish the Department of Conservation and Land Management was removed from the Act, see the *Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006* Pt. 7 Div. 1. Section 453 of that Act is a general transitional provision that applies to references to the Department of Conservation and Land Management in written laws. Defined terms *[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]* **Defined term Provision(s)** Aboriginal 3 Aboriginal customary purpose 103A(1) Aboriginal person 3 agency 23(1) agreed area 8A(1) alienated land 8A(1), 8D alleged offender 114AA(1) amended Act 157 amendment Act 143(1) aquaculture 3 authorised land officer 17A(8) authorised officer 102(1) authorised person 81 authorised purpose 121(1) biodiversity 3 biodiversity components 3 body corporate 3 business undertaking 34A(3) CEO 3 chief executive officer 23(1) Class A marine reserve 13AA(1) classification notice 13B(1A) coastal waters of the State 13(8) commencement day 157 commercial fishing 3 commercial purposes 13C(2) Commission 3 compatible operations 33A(2) conservation and land management officer 3 Conservation Commission 157 conservation park 3 Conservator 145 conserve 3 contract 87(1) contract of sale 87(1) Crown land 8A(1), 8D, 11, 87(1) Department 3 designated park or reserve 138(3) Director 23(1) disease area 81 diversification lease 3 document 25(4) drilling reservation 13E(1) eligible land 8A(1), 8C(1), 8D enforcement officer 121(1) essential works 99A(2) excluded waters 5(2) exclusive native title 3 exclusive native title holder 103A(1) Executive Body 3 fauna 3 firewood 3 Fisheries Department 3 flora 3 forest lease 3 forest officer 3 forest produce 3, 87(1) forest products 3 Forest Products Commission 3 Forests Department 145 former Act 157 former authority 145 former provision 148(4) geothermal energy 13C(1aa) geothermal energy resources 13C(1aa) infected 81 information 25(4) inspection purposes 121(1) intertidal zone 3 joint responsible body 3 land 3, 17(8), 53, 98(2) Land Administration Minister 3 land to which this Act applies 3 land to which this Part applies 102(1) and (1A) lease 13E(1) licence 13E(1), 87(1) managed land 103A(1) management plan 3 Marine Authority 157 marine management area 3 marine nature reserve 3 marine park 3 marine reserve 3 member 3 mining tenement 96(5), 130A(2) Minister for Fisheries 3 Minister for Forest Products 3 Minister for Indigenous Affairs 3 Minister for Mines 3 Minister for Planning 8D Minister (Water Resources) 3 national park 3 National Parks Authority 145 nature reserve 3 nature reserves 130(3) necessary operations 33A(1) non-exclusive native title 3 NT Act 3 occupied land 121(1) occupier 33(7A) owner 34B(8), 81, 114AA(1) park 3 Part VIII Division 1 authorisation 103(2c) pastoral lease 3 pastoral region 108C(3) pearling activity 3 permit 13E(1), 87(1) person responsible 8A(1), 8D petroleum authorisation 13E(1) petroleum law 13E(1) pipeline licence 13E(1) potential carrier 81 prior placement 159(1) prior vesting 159(2) private land 33(7A) production contract 22(3) proposed notice 62A(1) protected thing 103A(1) public 3 public land 81 public road 3 public water catchment area 3 ranger 3 recreational fishing 3 recreation area 13B(1A) regional 3 relevant act 103A(1) relevant offence 124(7) relevant official 166(1) relevant property 166(1) relevant provision 8C(1) relevant water utility 53 renewal 13E(1) repealed Act 145 responsible body 53 risk area 81 road 81 sanctuary area 13B(1A) section 56A agreement 56A(3) section 8A agreement 3 section 8A land 3 section 8C land 3 special purpose area 13B(1A) staff 25(4) State forest 3 State forests 128(2) take 33(7A), 101A, 103A(1) timber 3 timber production 55(1C) timber reserve 3 transitional matter 168(1) tree 3 use 33(2A) utility works 3 vehicle 81, 103A(1) vessel 3 vessel offence 114AA(1) vested 7(1A), 8AA(1) Western Australian waters 13(8) Western Australian Wildlife Authority 145 wildlife officer 3 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). 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