Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A map of
every —
(a)
timber reserve;
(b)
national park;
(c)
conservation park;
(d)
nature reserve;
(e)
marine nature reserve;
(f)
marine park; and
(g)
marine management area,
certified under the
hand of an authorised land officer shall be deposited in the Department as
defined in the Land Administration Act 1997 .
(2) A map of every
State forest certified under the hand of an authorised land officer shall be
deposited in the Department (as defined in section 3 of this Act).
(3) A map deposited
under subsection (1) or (2) shall be open to public inspection on payment
of the prescribed fee.
(4) Any land or waters
excised from or added to any of the areas referred to in subsection (1)
or (2) shall be indicated on such map and certified under the hand of an
authorised land officer.
(5) All maps and plans
certified under the hand of an authorised land officer to be copies of the
original maps or plans or of portions thereof deposited in the relevant
Department, are admissible in evidence in any court or before any person
having by law or the consent of parties authority to hear, receive, and
examine evidence, and are evidence for the same purpose and to the same extent
as the originals would be if they were produced.
(6) Judicial notice
shall be taken of the signature of an authorised land officer to any map or
plan or certified copy of a map or plan or of a portion thereof.
(7) Where it is
impracticable at the time of the reservation of any land or waters referred to
in subsection (1) or (2) to define by survey an area excluded
therefrom —
(a) the
area may be approximately specified in maps deposited under
subsection (1); and
(b)
plans of survey may be prepared, under the direction of an authorised
land officer with the approval of the CEO, and deposited under
subsection (1) or (2), as the case may require, after the reservation.
(8) In this
section "authorised land officer" has the meaning assigned to it by the
Land Administration Act 1997 .
[Section 17A inserted by No. 20 of 1991
s. 16; amended by No. 5 of 1997 s. 15; No. 31 of 1997
s. 141; No. 28 of 2006 s. 187 and 209.]
[Heading inserted by No. 35 of 2000 s. 10.]
[Heading inserted by No. 35 of 2000 s. 10.]