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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