Part 14Transitional provisions

Part 14 — Transitional provisions

Division 1 — Preliminary

189. Definitions

In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears —

assets means property of every kind whether tangible or intangible, real or personal, corporeal or incorporeal and includes without limitation —

(a) choses in action;

(b) goodwill;

(c) rights, interests and claims of every kind in or to property,

whether arising from, accruing under, created or evidenced by or the subject of, an instrument or otherwise and whether liquidated or unliquidated, actual, contingent or prospective;

Authority means the Authority under the principal Act as in force before the commencement day;

commencement day means the day on which Part 2 comes into operation;

Commission means the Water and Rivers Commission established by section 4 of the Water and Rivers Commission Act 1995;

Coordinator means the Coordinator of Water Services referred to in section 4 of the Water Services Coordination Act 1995;

Corporation means the Water Corporation established by section 4 of the Water Corporation Act 1995;

liability means any liability, duty or obligation whether actual, contingent or prospective, liquidated or unliquidated, or whether owed alone or jointly or jointly and severally with any other person;

principal Act means the Water Authority Act 1984;

right means any right, power, privilege or immunity whether actual, contingent or prospective;

transfer order means the order and any amendments to it made by the Minister under section 190, and includes any order made under section 191;

Water Resources Council means the council established by section 4 of the Western Australian Water Resources Council Act 1982;

Waterways Commission means the body established by section 11 of the Waterways Conservation Act 1976.

Division 3 — Water and Rivers Commission, succession to Waterways Commission and Water Resources Council

201. Definitions

In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears —

former body means —

(a) the Waterways Commission; or

(b) the Water Resources Council.

202. Devolution of former bodies’ assets, liabilities etc.

On and after the commencement day —

(a) the assets and rights of a former body that were immediately before that day vested in that body vest in the Commission by force of this section;