Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to this
section, the Minister may, for the purpose of providing members of the public
with access through Crown land to an area of recreational or tourist interest,
by order delivered after all necessary consents have been obtained under
subsection (3)(a) or after the expiry of the period referred to in
subsection (3)(b), whichever is the later, to —
(a) the
Registrar;
(b) each
holder of an interest in the subject Crown land; and
(c) the
relevant local government,
declare a
route —
(d)
shown on a diagram or plan incorporated in that order and indicating the width
of that route; and
(e)
giving access through the subject Crown land to that area,
to be a public access
route, and may by order delivered to the persons referred to in
paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) vary or cancel a declaration made under this
subsection.
(2) A declaration, or
a variation or cancellation of a declaration, made under subsection (1)
comes into operation on the day on which the relevant order is registered.
(3) Before making, or
varying or cancelling, a declaration under subsection (1), the Minister
must —
(a)
consult each holder of an interest in the subject Crown land concerning, and
obtain his or her consent in writing to, the proposed declaration, variation
or cancellation; and
(b)
cause to be published once in a newspaper circulating generally in the State a
copy of the proposed declaration, variation or cancellation, together with an
invitation to members of the public to comment in writing to the Minister on
that declaration, variation or cancellation within such period of not less
than 3 months after that publication as is specified in that invitation.