Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated ActsPreamble
WHEREAS it has been agreed between the Government of the Commonwealth and the
Governments of the States of Australia that the legislative powers of the
States in and in relation to Coastal Waters should be extended by an Act of
the Parliament of the Commonwealth enacted at the request of the Parliaments
of the States in pursuance of paragraph (xxxviii) of section 51 of
the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia:
Be it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the
advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of
Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows: —