Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MINERALS AND ENERGY RESEARCH ACT 1987 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Minerals and Energy Research Act 1987 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Minerals and Energy Research Act 1987	89 of 1987	9 Dec 1987	s. 1 and 2: 9 Dec 1987; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 1 Feb 1988 (see s. 2 and Gazette 15 Jan 1988 p. 67)
Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994 s. 19	32 of 1994	29 Jun 1994	1 Oct 1994 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Sep 1994 p. 4948)
Energy Corporations (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 1994 s. 109	89 of 1994	15 Dec 1994	1 Jan 1995 (see s. 2 and Gazette 23 Dec 1994 p. 7069)
Reprint of the Minerals and Energy Research Act 1987 as at 4 May 2001 (includes amendments listed above)
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 s. 221	10 of 2001	28 Jun 2001	15 Jul 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Jun 2001 p. 3257 and Cwlth Gazette 13 Jul 2001 No. S285)
Energy Legislation Amendment Act 2003 Pt. 6 Div. 1 4	53 of 2003	8 Oct 2003	19 Mar 2004 (see s. 2(2)(c) and Gazette 19 Mar 2004 p. 913)
Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 108	77 of 2006	21 Dec 2006	1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)
Minerals and Energy Research Amendment Act 2008	23 of 2008	13 Jun 2008	13 Jun 2008 (see s. 2)
Reprint 2: The Minerals and Energy Research Act 1987 as at 3 Jul 2009 (includes amendments listed above)
Public Sector Reform Act 2010 s. 89	39 of 2010	1 Oct 2010	1 Dec 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 5 Nov 2010 p. 5563)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2011 s. 27	47 of 2011	25 Oct 2011	26 Oct 2011 (see s. 2(b))

² The provision in this Act repealing the Mining and Petroleum Research Act 1981 has been repealed by the Energy Legislation Amendment Act 2003 s. 88.

³ Under the Acts Amendment (Public Service) Act 1987 s. 31(1)(f) a reference in a written law to the Permanent Head is, unless the contrary intention appears, to be construed as if it had been amended to be a reference to the chief executive officer. This reference was amended under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(5)(a).

⁴ The Energy Legislation Amendment Act 2003 s. 80(2) reads as follows:

(2) The membership of the Minerals Research Advisory Committee, as existing immediately before the commencement of subsection (1), continues on the same basis after that commencement despite the repeal and replacement of section 18 of the Minerals and Energy Research Act 1987 by that subsection (1).

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)
Acting Board Chairman 3
advisory committee 3
Board 3
Board Chairman 3
director 3
energy research 3
member 20(9)
minerals 3
minerals research 3
Minerals Research Advisory Committee 3
research project 3
the Account 3
the Department 3
the Institute 3