Western Australian Consolidated Acts

SWAN AND CANNING RIVERS MANAGEMENT ACT 2006 - SECT 11

11 .         River reserve vested in Trust

        (1)         In this section —

        CALM Act means the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 ;

        Marine Authority has the meaning given to that term in the CALM Act;

        marine reserve has the meaning given to that term in the CALM Act.

        (2)         Subject to subsection (9), a reference in this Act to the River reserve is a reference to the land and waters that are —

            (a)         within the catchment area; and

            (b)         within the area for the time being described in Schedule 4.

        (3)         Subject to subsection (9), the land and waters described in Schedule 4 are reserved under the Land Administration Act 1997 Part 4 for the purpose of protection and enhancement of the ecological and community benefits and amenity of the Swan and Canning Rivers.

        (4)         The purpose of the River reserve must not be amended or cancelled, and the boundary of the River reserve must not be altered, except by an Act or under section 13 or 15.

        (5)         Subject to subsection (9), any other reservation or vesting of the land and waters described in Schedule 4 under —

            (a)         the Land Administration Act 1997 Part 4;

            (b)         the Marine and Harbours Act 1981 section 9; or

            (c)         any other written law,

                is, by this section, cancelled.

        (6)         The cancellation under subsection (5) of a reserve as defined in the Land Administration Act 1997 has effect as if it were made under Part 4 of that Act.

        (7)         Subject to subsection (9), the land and waters described in Schedule 4 are placed under the care, control and management of the Trust and cease to be vested in any other person or under the care, control and management of any other person.

        (8)         The Registrar of Titles must take any necessary measures to register the reservation and placement of land and waters effected by subsections (3) and (7), and the necessary consequential changes, and for those purposes this section is to be treated as if it were an order under the Land Administration Act 1997 Part 4.

        (9)         Nothing in this section applies to —

            (a)         land which is not Crown land;

            (b)         any part of a marine reserve which —

                  (i)         immediately before the commencement of this section, is vested in the Marine Authority under the CALM Act; and

                  (ii)         is in the land or waters described in Schedule 4;

                or

            (c)         any part of a nature reserve which —

                  (i)         immediately before the commencement of this section, is vested in the Conservation Commission under the CALM Act; and

                  (ii)         is in the land or waters described in Schedule 4.