Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) If a person
delivers a diagram or plan of survey of a subdivision of land approved by the
Planning Commission to a local government, and the proposed subdivision
includes the provision of a road for use by the public, that person must also
deliver to the local government the name proposed to be given to the road.
(2) The local
government may require the person so subdividing the land —
(a) to
propose a name for the proposed road or, if a name has already been proposed,
to alter that name; and
(b) to
propose a name for the area the subject of the proposed subdivision, or if a
name has already been proposed, to alter that name.
(3) If the local
government approves a name proposed under subsection (1) or (2), the
local government is to forward the proposal to the Minister.
(4) The Minister
may —
(a)
approve the proposed name;
(b)
direct the local government to reconsider the proposed name, having regard to
such matters as the Minister may mention in the direction; or
(c)
refuse to approve the proposed name.
(5) A person must
not —
(a)
assign a name to the area or road unless the name is first approved by the
Minister;
(b)
alter or change a name that has been so assigned, whether initially or from
time to time, to the area or road unless the Minister first approves of the
alteration or change of that name.
Penalty: $1 000 and a daily penalty of $100.
[Section 26A inserted by No. 38 of 2005
s. 9.]