WESTERN AUSTRALIAN TOURISM COMMISSION ACT 1983 - SECT 14

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN TOURISM COMMISSION ACT 1983 - SECT 14

14 .         Powers

        (1)         The Commission may do all things necessary or convenient to be done for or in connection with the performance of its functions.

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1), the Commission may, for the purpose of performing any function —

            (a)         acquire, hold, manage, improve, develop and dispose of any real or personal property in Western Australia or elsewhere;

            (b)         open and maintain accounts at a bank approved by the Treasurer;

            (c)         liaise with any person, local government, public authority or department or instrumentality of the Commonwealth government or the government of any other place;

            (d)         enter into any contract or arrangement;

            (e)         act as an agent for any person engaged in the provision of travel or tourist facilities;

            (f)         appoint agents in Western Australia and elsewhere;

            (g)         provide travel and tourism information services;

            (h)         demand and receive fees, retainers or commissions;

                  (i)         undertake research and investigation; and

            (j)         make grants or, upon such terms and conditions as are approved by the Treasurer, make loans or provide guarantees to any person or to a local government or a public authority.

        (3)         In this section, public authority means a Minister of the Crown in right of the State, Government department, State instrumentality, State public utility and any other person or body, whether corporate or not, who or which, under the authority of any written law, administers or carries on for the benefit of the State, a social service or public utility.

        [Section 14 inserted: No. 68 of 1994 s. 14; amended: No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]