1Government Agreements Act 1979

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Government Agreements Act 1979

Western Australia

Government Agreements Act 1979

Contents

1. Citation 1

2. Interpretation 1

3. Operation and effect of Government agreements 2

4. Offences 2

Notes

Compilation table 4

Western Australia

Government Agreements Act 1979

An Act in respect of Government agreements and for related purposes.

1. Citation

This Act may be cited as the Government Agreements Act 1979 1.

2. Interpretation

In this Act —

Government agreement means —

(a) an agreement scheduled to, incorporated in, or appearing in, an Act the administration of which is for the time being committed by the Governor to, or approved by the Governor to be placed under the control of, the Minister, and any other agreement scheduled to, incorporated in, or appearing in, an Act and declared by proclamation to be a Government agreement for the purposes of this Act,

and includes —

(b) any variation of that agreement —

(i) which is or has been entered into pursuant to that agreement; or

(ii) the signing or implementation, or both, of which has been ratified, approved, or authorised by Parliament;

and

(c) any document or instrument, including any grant, lease, licence, permit, approval, authorisation, right, concession, or exemption, or any other thing made, executed, issued, or obtained for the purposes of that agreement or its implementation;

subject land means —

(a) land that is set aside, or is being used, for the purposes of or incidental to implementing a Government agreement; or

(b) land where activity is being, or is about to be, carried on pursuant to, or for the purposes of or incidental to implementing, a Government agreement.

[Section 2 amended: No. 30 of 1990 s. 4.]

3. Operation and effect of Government agreements

For the removal of doubt, it is hereby expressly declared that —

(a) each provision of a Government agreement shall operate and take effect, and shall be deemed to have operated and taken effect from its inception, according to its terms notwithstanding any other Act or law; and

(b) any purported modification of any other Act or law contained, or provided for, in such a provision shall operate and take effect so as to modify that other Act or law for the purposes of the Government agreement, and shall be deemed to have so operated and taken effect from its inception, according to its terms notwithstanding any other Act or law.