3Validation of certain actions taken by the Premier and the Resource Planning and Development Commission

3 Validation of certain actions taken by the Premier and the Resource Planning and Development Commission

(1)  Any action taken by the Premier from 18 September 1998 to 10 April 2001 in the performance of a function or exercise of a power under the State Policies and Projects Act 1993 that should have been taken by the Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment is deemed to have been validly taken.

(2)  Any action taken by the Resource Planning and Development Commission or a delegate of the Commission from 18 September 1998 to 10 April 2001 –

(a) pursuant to any action referred to in subsection (1) ; or

(b) in reporting, providing advice, making recommendations or forwarding submissions to the Premier in the performance of a function or exercise of a power under the State Policies and Projects Act 1993  –

is deemed to have been validly taken.