Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC TRANSPORT AUTHORITY ACT 2003

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Terms used  
   4.      Relationship with other laws

   PART 2 -- Public Transport Authority of Western Australia  

   5.      Authority established  
   6.      Status  
   7.      Management

   PART 3 -- Staff and contractors  

   8.      Authority to be an SES organisation  
   9.      Chief executive officer  
   10.     Other staff and contractors  
   11.     Use of government staff and facilities

   PART 4 -- Functions of the Authority  

   12.     Functions  
   13.     Powers generally  
   14.     Use of certain Crown land by Authority  
   15.     Dealing with certain Crown land  
   16.     Restriction on certain dealings in other land  
   17.     Authority may operate on corridor land under the Rail Freight System Act 2000  
   18.     Use of names for Authority and its operations  
   19.     Delegation by Authority

   PART 5 -- Accountability and financial provisions

           Division 1 -- Accountability  

   20.     Draft operational plan to be submitted to Minister  
   21.     Content of operational plan  
   22.     Minister’s powers in relation to draft operational plan  
   23.     Modifications of operational plan  
   24.     Duty to observe operational plan  
   25.     Consultation  
   26.     Minister to be kept informed  
   27.     Minister may give directions  
   28.     Minister to have access to information  
   29.     Deletion of commercially sensitive matters  
   30.     Protection for disclosure or compliance with directions

           Division 2 -- Financial provisions  

   31.     Authority’s funds  
   32.     Public Transport Authority Account  
   33.     Borrowing  
   34.     Guarantees  
   35.     Charges for guarantee  
   36.     The Authority may extend credit to customers or suppliers  
   37.     Notice of financial difficulty

           Division 3 -- Financial Management Act 2006 and Auditor General Act 2006  

   38.     Application of Financial Management Act 2006 and Auditor General Act 2006

   PART 6 -- Miscellaneous

           Division 1 -- Protection of people dealing with Authority  

   39.     People dealing with Authority may make assumptions  
   40.     Third parties may make assumptions  
   41.     Matters that can be assumed  
   42.     When those matters cannot be assumed

           Division 2 -- Infringement notices  

   43.     Term used: prescribed  
   44.     Giving of notice  
   45.     Content of notice  
   46.     Extension of time  
   47.     Withdrawal of notice  
   48.     Benefit of paying modified penalty  
   49.     Application of penalties collected

           Division 3 -- Other provisions  

   50.     Authority exempt from certain rates and taxes  
   51.     Execution of documents by Authority  
   52.     Contract formalities  
   53.     Assignment of benefit of contract  
   54.     Protection from liability for wrongdoing  
   55.     Exchange of information  
   56.     Authorised persons and security officers  
   57.     Obtaining details of certain offenders  
   58.     Offenders may be taken into custody in some circumstances  
   59.     Security officer may help execute certain warrants  
   60.     Searching persons taken into custody  
   61.     Search without warrant  
   62.     Provisions about searching a person  
   63.     Seizure of property  
   64.     Unclaimed property  
   64A.    Prohibiting people from being on or in a conveyance or facility  
   64B.    Contravention of prohibition order  
   65.     Ejecting people from Authority property  
   66.     Prosecutions  
   67.     Young offenders  
   68.     Proof of certain matters  
   69.     Regulations  
   70.     Review of Act

   PART 7 -- Transitional matters

           Division 1 -- Metropolitan passenger transport functions from Minister to Authority  

   71.     Terms used  
   72.     Minister may make transfer order  
   73.     Consequences of transfer order  
   74.     Completion of necessary transactions  
   75.     Registration of documents  
   76.     Rectifying error in transfer order  
   77.     Certain Crown land  
   78.     Metropolitan Passenger Transport Fund

           Division 2 -- Transition from former Government Railways Act 1904 bodies to Authority  

   79.     Terms used  
   80.     Authority is successor of former bodies  
   81.     Transitional provisions  
   82.     Completion of necessary transactions  
   83.     Registration of documents  
   84.     By-laws under Government Railways Act 1904 section 23 continue  
   85.     References in written laws to former bodies

           Division 3 -- Transition from Rail Corridor Minister to Authority  

   86.     Terms used  
   87.     Transitional provisions  
   88.     Completion of necessary transactions  
   89.     Registration of documents  
   90.     References in written laws to Rail Corridor Minister

           Division 4 -- Abolition of Metropolitan (Perth) Passenger Transport Trust  

   91.     Winding up of affairs of Metropolitan (Perth) Passenger Transport Trust

           Division 5 -- State tax implications of transitions  

   92.     Exemption from State tax

           Division 6 -- Other provisions  

   93.     Certain contributions by former body suffice  
   94.     Tourist railways  
   95.     Saving
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