Joondalup Centre Act 1976 (WA)
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
JOONDALUP CENTRE.
No. 88 of 1976.
AN ACT to provide for the development of a centre at Joondalup and for incidental purposes.
[Assented to 4th November, 1976.]
BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
PART I.-PRELIMINARY.
| 1. | This Act may be cited as the Joondalup Centre | Short |
| Title. |
Act, 1976.
| This Act or any provision thereof shall come into operation on such date as is or such dates as are, respectively, fixed by proclamation. | Commence- ment. |
2.
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Arrange-
| ment. | 3. | The arrangement of this Act is as follows— |
PART I.—PRELIMINARY.
PART II.—JOONDALUP CENTRE.
PART III.—TOONDALUP DEVELOPMENT CORPORA-
TION.
Division 1.—Establishment and Objects.
Division 2.—Constitution.
Division 3.—General Functions, Powers and
Duties.
Division 4.—Staff.
PART IV.—PLANNING.
PART V.—FINANCE.
PART VI.—MISCELLANEOUS.
SCHEDULE.
Inte/preta-
| 'non. | 4. | In this Act unless the context requires other- |
wise
"Account" means the Joondalup Development Corporation Account established under subsection (2) of section 41;
"Authority" means The Metropolitan Region Planning Authority constituted under the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act, 1959;
"Chairman" means the Chairman of the
Corporation;
"Corporation" means the Joondalup Develop- ment Corporation established under section 9;
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"Crown land" means and includes all land of the Crown, whether dedicated to any public purpose or not, except land granted or agreed to be granted in fee simple, or held or occupied under the Crown by lease or license, or for any other estate or interest;
"Joondalup Centre" means the infrastructure and facilities to be developed in accordance with section 5 on the land described in the Schedule;
"member" means a member of the Corporation and includes the Chairman;
"Plan" means the Plan approved by the Minister under section 38;
"Public Service Board" means the Public Service Board established by Part II of the Public Service Board Act, 1904;
"Schedule" means Schedule to this Act;
"section" means a section of this Act; and
"subsection" means a subsection of the section wherein the term is used.
PART II-JOONDALUP CENTRE.
| There shall be developed on the land described in the Schedule such infrastructure and residential, | Develop- |
| ment of | |
| centre. | |
| recreation, community, commercial, business, professional, industrial, trade and any other facilities as are necessary or desirable for housing and servicing a centre of population. | |
| Class A |
5.
6.
| Any part of the land described in the Schedule which is, at the time this section comes into | reserve to become |
| Class B | |
| operation, reserved and classified as of Class A under | reserve. |
| paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 31 of the |
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Land Act, 1933, shall from such time, by force of this section cease to be so reserved and classified and shall be vested in Her Majesty as of her former estate.
| Vesting of | 7. |
By notice in the Government Gazette, the Governor may, from time to time, vest in fee simple in, or place under the permanent or temporary control of, the Corporation any part of the land described in the Schedule which is Crown land.
land in
Corpora-
tion.
| Authority | 8. | The Authority may, with the consent of the |
may
| transfer | Governor and subject to such conditions as the |
| Corpora- | land to |
| tion. | Governor determines, transfer to the Corporation any part of the land described in the Schedule which is vested in the Authority. |
PART III.—JOONDALUP DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION.
| Establish- | ment and | Division 1.—Establishment and Objects. |
| incorpora- |
tion of 9. (1) A Corporation shall be established for the
| Development | &Tyra- purposes of this Act, and the Corporation shall, by the operation of this section, be incorporated as a body corporate by the name of "Joondalup Develop- ment Corporation". |
(2) Under its corporate name, the Corporation
| (a) | has perpetual succession; |
| (b) | shall have a common seal; |
| (c) | may sue and be sued in any court; |
| (d) | may take, purchase, and hold real and personal property including property devised, bequeathed, or given to the Corporation; |
| (e) | may, with the approval of the Minister, sell, alienate, mortgage, charge, and demise real or personal property; and |
| (f) | may do and suffer all things which bodies |
corporate may by law do and suffer.
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Common
| 10. (1) The common seal of the Corporation shall | seal of the Corpora- |
| be kept in such strict custody as the Corporation | tion. |
| directs and shall not be used except upon resolution of the Corporation or as may be authorised by the by-laws made by the Corporation under this Act. | |
| (2) All courts, judges, and persons acting judicially shall take judicial notice of the common seal of the Corporation and shall presume that it was duly fixed until the contrary is proved. |
11. The objects of the Corporation shall be the,bpapojra_
| following— | tion. |
| (a) | to promote, co-ordinate and secure as soon as practicable the laying out and development of the Joondalup Centre in accordance with this Act and proposals approved in that behalf under this Act; and |
| (b) | to co-operate with other public authorities and persons in carrying out such object. |
12. The Corporation, when established, does not ??orr,),,r:t-to represent, and is not a servant or agent of, the represent Crown.
Division 2.—Constitution.
Constitution
| 13. (1) The Corporation shall consist of five | of Corpora- tion. |
persons appointed by the Governor on the
recommendation of the Minister of whom
| (a) | one shall be a councillor of the municipal council of the Shire of Wanneroo; and |
| (b) | four shall be persons each of them having, in the opinion of the Minister, knowledge of and experience in any of the fields of town planning, housing, industry, commerce, finance, engineering or trans- port. |
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(2) One of the persons referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Minister to be the Chairman of the Corporation.
Term of
| O | 14. Subject to this Act, each member shall hold office for a term not exceeding four years from the date of his appointment. |
| Re-appoint- |
Office.
| ment. | 15. All members, on the expiration of their term, |
are, unless otherwise disqualified, eligible for
re-appointment.
Casual
| vacancy. | 16. Where a casual vacancy occurs in the office of a member |
| (a) | the vacancy may be filled in accordance with section 13; and |
| (b) | the person who fills the vacancy shall, subject to this Act, hold office as member for the residue of his predecessor's term of office. |
Acting
| members. | 17. (1) Where the Minister is satisfied that the Chairman or any other member is incapacitated, by illness, absence, or other reasonable cause, from performing the duties of his office, the Minister may appoint a person to be the Acting Chairman to act for the Chairman or a person to be an acting member to act for that other member, as the case may be, during his incapacity and that person, while he so acts, shall be deemed to be the Chairman or a member, as the case may be. |
The Minister may at any time terminate the
appointment of an Acting Chairman or an acting
member.
(2)
(3) No appointment of an Acting Chairman or an acting member and no act done by him shall in any proceedings be questioned on the ground that the occasion for his appointment had not arisen or had ceased.
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Leave of
| 18. The Minister may grant leave of absence to a member upon such terms and conditions as the Minister determines. | absence. |
| Dismissal | |
| 19. The Governor may terminate the appoint- ment of a member for inability, inefficiency, or misbehaviour. | of member. |
| Vacation |
| 20. If a member | of office. |
| (a) | dies; |
| (b) | resigns his office by writing under his hand addressed to the Minister; |
| (c) | is an incapable person within the meaning of section 5 of the Mental Health Act, 1962; |
| (d) | is an undischarged bankrupt or has his affairs under liquidation by arrangement with his creditors; |
| (e) | is convicted of an indictable offence; |
| (f) | is absent without leave from six consecutive meetings of the Corporation; |
| (g) | has his appointment terminated under section 19; or |
| (h) | has, in the opinion of the Minister, any financial interest that may affect prejudicially the exercise of his functions as a member, |
his office shall become vacant and shall be filled as
a casual vacancy under section 16.
Meetings
| 21. (1) The Corporation shall hold such | of the Corporation. |
meetings, being not less that eight in each financial year, as are necessary for the performance of its functions.
(2) The Chairman may at any time convene a
meeting of the Corporation. The Chairman shall
convene a meeting of the Corporation within seven
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days of the receipt by him of a written request signed by two or more members of the Corporation specifying the business in respect of Which the meeting is to be convened.
(3) The Chairman shall convene the first meeting of the Corporation as soon as practicable after the coming into operation of this Division and shall preside at all meetings of the Corporation at which he is present.
(4) Where the Chairman is absent from a meeting of the Corporation and an Acting Chairman has not been appointed under section 17, or, having been so appointed, the Acting Chairman is also absent, the member present at the meeting shall elect a member to preside at that meeting; and while so presiding, such member has all the powers and duties of the Chairman.
(5) At a meeting of the Corporation
| (a) | three members form a quorum; |
| (b) | a question arising at the meeting shall be determined by a majority of the valid votes of the members present; and |
| (c) |
the Chairman has a deliberative vote only. (6) No act or thing done by the Corporation is invalidated, prejudiced or affected by reason of any vacancy in the membership of the Corporation or any failure to appoint any member so long as a quorum of the Corporation remains.
(7) Subject to this Act, the Corporation may regulate its procedure as it thinks fit.
Disclosure
| of | 22. (1) A member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in any matter that is before a meeting of the Corporation for consideration shall disclose the nature of his interest to the members |
| interest. |
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present at the meeting, and the disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes of the Corporation; and the member shall not take part in any decision of the Corporation with respect to that matter.
For the purposes of subsection (1), a general notice given at a meeting of the Corporation by a member to the effect that he is a member of a specified company or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract which may, after the date of the notice, be made with the company or firm shall be regarded as a sufficient disclosure of his interest in relation to any contract so made.
(2)
(3) A member need not attend in person at a meeting of the Corporation in order to make any disclosure which he is required to make under this section if he takes reasonable steps to secure that the disclosure is made by a notice which is brought up and read at the meeting.
Remunera-
| 23. The Chairman and other members shall, | tion and allowances |
| subject to section 24, be paid such remuneration | of members. |
| and allowances as the Governor may from time to time determine for him or them. | |
| Public |
| 24. (1) The Governor shall not determine the | Service |
| remuneration and allowances to be paid to any | members. |
| member who is a person to whom the Public Service Act, 1904 applies except with the prior approval in writing of the Chairman of the Public Service Board. | |
| (2) Acceptance of or acting in the office of member shall not of itself render the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1904, or any other Act applying to persons as officers of the Public Service of the State, applicable to that member, or affect or prejudice the application to him of those provisions if they applied to him at the time of the acceptance of or acting in such office. |
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Division 3.—General Functions, Powers and Duties.
General
| functions | 25. (1) The Corporation may exercise such |
| and |
| powers. | functions as are consistent with its objects and may carry out, or arrange to be carried out, such works and do such other things, or arrange for such other things to be done as may be necessary or convenient for the purposes of carrying out its objects or for purposes incidental thereto. |
| (2) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that subsection (1) relates only to the capacity of the Corporation as a statutory corpora- tion, and nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising the disregard by the Corporation of any Act or other law in force. | |
| Restrictions | |
| on powers | 26. (1) Without prejudice to any provision of this Act requiring the consent of the Minister to be obtained for anything to be done by the Corporation, the Minister may give directions to it restricting the exercise by it of any of its powers under this Act or requiring the Corporation to exercise any of those powers in any manner specified in the directions. |
| of the | |
| Corporation. |
Before giving any direction to the Corporation under subsection (1), the Minister shall consult the Corporation unless he is satisfied that, on account of urgency, such consultation is impracticable.
(2)
(3) A transaction between a person and the Corporation acting in purported exercise of its powers under this Act shall not be void by reason only that it was carried out in contravention of a direction given by the Minister under subsection (1), unless that person had actual notice of the direction.
Committees. 27. (1) The Corporation may appoint committees
to investigate and advise the Corporation on any aspect of the development of the Joondalup Centre.
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(2) Each Committee appointed by the Corporation under subsection (1) shall report to the Corporation on its activities at such times as the Corporation directs.
Power of
| 28. (1) The Corporation may in relation to any matter or class of matters, or in relation to any activity or function of the Corporation, by resolution delegate all or any of its functions, powers, and duties under this Act, except this power of delegation and its powers in relation to the making of by-laws, to any member of the Corpora- tion or any committee appointed under section 27 or any officer of the Corporation. | delegation. |
| (2) No delegation under subsection (1) prevents the exercise by the Corporation of any of its functions, powers or duties. |
(3)
The Corporation may by resolution revoke a delegation under subsection (1).
29. Subject to the consent of the Governor, the =fir:
Corporation may take and compulsorily acquire =,„1_
under the powers contained in and in accordance stray.
with the procedure prescribed by the Public Works Act, 1902 any part of the land described in the Schedule which is not for the time being vested in the Corporation.
30. The Corporation shall not, except with the ==_!'
approval in writing of the Minister, enter into any app oval.
contract or incur any expenditure in respect of any
one work, the consideration or cost of which exceeds
fifty thousand dollars or such higher sum as may
from time to time be determined by the Treasurer.
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Division 4.—Staff.
Officers
| and Wages | 31. For the purposes of this Act and subject to it, the Corporation |
| Employees. |
| (a) | shall appoint a General Manager of the Corporation, and |
| (b) | may appoint such officers and wages employees of the Corporation as the Corporation thinks fit. |
Terms and
| conditions | 32. Subject to any relevant award or industrial agreement under the Industrial Arbitration Act, 1912, the terms and conditions of appointment and employment of the General Manager, officers and wages employees of the Corporation, including the salary and wages payable, shall be such terms and conditions as the Corporation, with the approval of the Public Service Board, determines. |
| of employ- | |
| ment. | |
| Preserva- |
| tion of | 33. (1) Where a person appointed under section |
| rights of |
| officers and | 31 was, immediately before being so appointed, an |
| employees. | officer or a wages employee in the service of a department of the Public Service of the State |
| (a) | he retains his existing and any rights that may have accrued to him under the Act pursuant to which he was then serving, and, subject to section 35 of this Act, in particular his rights if any under the Superannuation and Family Benefits Act, 1938; and |
| (b) | for the purpose of determining those rights his service as such an officer or a wages employee shall be taken into account as if it were service with the Corporation. |
(2) Where a person appointed under section 31 was, immediately before being so appointed, an officer appointed under the Local Government Act, 1960-
(a) he retains his existing and accruing rights and in particular his rights in relation to sick leave, long service leave, retirement, and superannuation; and
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| (b) | for the purpose of determining those rights, his service as such an officer shall be taken into account as if it were service with the Corporation. |
| 34. | A person appointed under section 31 is not Drbeige | Act, etc. |
| a person- | not to applyto officers of Corporation. |
| (a) | appointed under the Public Service Act, 1904, and the provisions of the Government Employees (Promotion Appeal Board) Act, 1945, do not apply to or in relation to an officer or a wages employee of the Corpora- tion; or |
| (b) | appointed under the Local Government Act, 1960. |
Superannua-
| 35. (1) The Corporation may request the Minister to whom the administration of the Superannuation and Family Benefits Act, 1938, is committed to recommend that the Corporation be included as a corporate body in the term "department" for the purposes of that Act, and the Treasurer may, on such recommendation and upon the Corporation complying with the requirements of that Act, approve of the Corporation as, and the Corporation shall thereupon be deemed to be, a department for the purposes of that Act. | tion. |
| (2) An officer or a wages employee of the Corporation is not obliged to become a contributor under the Superannuation and Family Benefits Act, 1938. |
| (1) The Corporation may, with the consent of the Minister administering any department of | Co-opted | |
| and | ||
| ||
| the Public Service of the State, for the purposes of this Act, co-opt the services, whether of an administrative, professional, technical, or other |
36.
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nature, of any person employed in any of those departments, or request the secondment of any such person, upon such terms as may be agreed between that Minister and the Corporation with the approval of the Public Service Board.
(2) Where the services of any person are co-opted or a person is seconded under this section, it does not prejudice that person's existing or accruing rights under the Public Service Act, 1904, or under any other Act applying to him as a public servant, and his service with the Corporation under this Act shall be regarded as service in the Public Service of the State for the purposes of determining those rights.
Corporation
| may enter | 37. (1) The Corporation may engage under (2) A person engaged under the provisions of subsection (1) is not a person appointed under the Public Service Act, 1904 and subject to this Act and to any award or agreement in force under the Industrial Arbitration Act, 1912, the Corporation may effect, suspend and terminate the engagement subject to such terms and conditions as the Corporation thinks fit. |
| into | |
| contracts for | contract for services such professional, technical or |
| services. | other assistance as may be necessary to enable the Corporation to perform its functions effectively. |
PART IV.-PLANNING.
Develop-
| ment | 38. (1) The Corporation shall prepare a Plan for the phased development of the Joondalup Centre and shall submit such Plan to the Minister for his approval. |
| plan. | |
| (2) The Corporation may prepare and submit to the Minister for his approval as part of the Plan a set of general provisions or separate sets of general provisions adapted for the whole of, or areas within, the land described in the Schedule. |
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(3) The Corporation shall keep the Plan from time to time under review and, if requested by the Minister, shall review the Plan completely.
(4) The Corporation shall submit to the Minister for approval any proposal for any significant or substantial variation, amplification or revocation of the Plan considered desirable or necessary as the result of any review.
39. The Plan shall form the basis for the Planning.
planning by the Corporation of development of the
Joondalup Centre.
Application
| 40. Nothing in this Part shall exempt the Corporation as an owner of land from any provision of the Local Government Act, 1960, the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act, 1959, and the Town Planning and Development Act, 1928. | of certain Acts. |
PART V.—FINANCE.
| 41. (1) The funds available to the Corporation | Funds of |
| the |
| for the purpose of carrying out its powers and | Corpora- |
| tion. | |
| functions under this Act are- |
| (a) | moneys from time to time appropriated by Parliament and advanced to the corporation for that purpose; |
| (b) | other moneys borrowed by the Corporation under this Act; |
| (c) | the proceeds of sales by the Corporation of land or any interest in land; |
| (d) | rents derived from land leased by the Corporation; |
| (e) | moneys received by the Corporation from carrying out any of its functions under this Act; and |
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| (f) | any other moneys that may be lawfully payable to the Corporation. |
(2) All moneys referred to in subsection (1) shall be paid into and be placed to the credit of an account at the Treasury or at a bank approved by the Treasurer to be called "Joondalup Development Corporation Account", and shall be applied to the purposes of this Act.
(3) The Account shall be controlled by the
Corporation and may be operated upon in such
manner as the Treasurer approves from time to time.
The moneys from time to time in the Account shall be charged with
(4)
| (a) | all capital expenditure and other expenses incurred by the Corporation in connection with the vesting in or transfer to it pursuant to sections 7 and 8, and the acquisition, by purchase or compulsory taking or otherwise, of land or land and buildings or other property, or in connection with the establishment and maintenance of any works or undertakings carried on by or for the Corporation under this Act; |
| (b) | interest on and repayments of moneys appropriated by Parliament and advanced to the Corporation for the purposes of this Act and other moneys borrowed by or advanced to the Corporation under this Act; |
| (c) | the remuneration and allowances payable to the members; |
| (d) | the salaries and wages of officers and servants employed by the Corporation; and |
| (e) | all other expenditure lawfully incurred by the Corporation in the exercise of its functions or powers or the discharge of its duties under this Act. |
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the Account is insufficient at any time to meet ti=
expenditure incurred or proposed to be incurred by } c%1,1e3r
the Corporation in carrying out its functions, the Treasurer.
Treasurer, who is hereby authorised to grant the approval, may make, and the Corporation may borrow, from the Public Account advances of such amounts as the Treasurer approves, on such conditions as to repayment and payment of interest as the Treasurer imposes and is hereby authorised to approve and impose.
(2) Where an advance is made under this
section
| (a) | the Corporation shall repay the amount of the advance; and |
(b) shall pay interest,
in accordance with the conditions imposed under subsection (1) and shall comply with any other conditions so imposed.
(3) By virtue of this subsection the Account and the assets of the Corporation are charged with the due performance by the Corporation of all obliga- tions arising from any advance made under this section.
| 43. (1) The provisions of this section are in | Power toborrow |
| addition to, and do not derogate from those of | generally. |
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(2)
The Corporation shall have power to borrow money upon the guarantee of the Treasurer for the purposes of carrying out its powers and functions under this Act.
(3) The Corporation is authorised with the prior approval in writing of the Treasurer to borrow money upon such terms and conditions only as the Treasurer approves.
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(4) The Treasurer is hereby authorised to so approve and to give the guarantee, including the guarantee of interest, in subsection (2), for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State.
(5) Any moneys borrowed by the Corporation under this section may be raised as one loan or as several loans and in such manner as the Treasurer may approve, but the amount of the moneys so borrowed shall not in any one year exceed in the aggregate such amount as the Treasurer approves.
(6) Before a guarantee is given by the Treasurer under this section, the Corporation shall give to the Treasurer such security as the Treasurer may require and shall execute all such instruments as may be necessary for the purpose.
(7) The Corporation shall use all moneys borrowed under the power conferred by this section for the purposes of this Act.
(8) The due payment of money payable by the Treasurer under a guarantee given by him under the authority of this section
| (a) | is hereby guaranteed by the State; and |
| (b) | shall be paid out of the money referred to in section 4 of the Audit Act, 1904, as "Public Moneys". |
(9) By virtue of this subsection any sum paid by the Treasurer under any guarantee given under this section is a charge on the Account and the assets of the Corporation and the Account and the assets are charged with the performance and observance by the Corporation of any covenants and conditions which the Treasurer imposes and is hereby author- ised to approve and impose as a condition of approval of the guarantee.
Temporary
| investment | 44. All moneys standing to the credit of the |
| of moneys. | Account may, until required by the Corporation in connection with the exercise of its powers or the |
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discharge of its duties under this Act, be temporarily invested as the Treasurer may direct in any securities wherein moneys in the Public Account may lawfully be invested and all income derived from such investment shall be paid to the credit of the Account.
Surplus
| Where there is any surplus available in cash in the Account at the end of any financial year, the Treasurer may require the Corporation to pay to the Public Account the whole or any part of that surplus and the Corporation shall comply with any such requirement. | moneys. |
| Annual |
45.
| (1) The Corporation shall cause to be prepared and submitted to the Treasurer, under such headings and in such manner and at such times as the Treasurer directs, annual estimates of the capital expenditure of the Corporation in connection with the carrying out of the functions, powers, and duties of the Corporation. | capital expenditure. |
| (2) Before the annual estimates referred to in subsection (1) are submitted to the Treasurer as required by that subsection, they shall be submitted to, and approved by, the Minister. | |
| Report and |
46.
| 47. (1) The Corporation shall, as soon as | financial statements. |
practicable after each thirtieth day of June, prepare and furnish to the Minister a report on the opera- tions of the Corporation during the period of twelve months immediately preceding that day, together with financial statements in such form as the Treasurer approves.
(2) Before furnishing the financial statements to the Minister, the Corporation shall submit them to the Auditor General, who shall report to the Minister
| (a) | whether the statements are based on proper accounts and records; |
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| (b) | whether the statements are in agreement with the accounts and records and show a true and correct view of the financial position and transactions of the Corpora- tion; |
| (c) | whether the receipt, expenditure, and investment of moneys and other transac- tions of the Corporation during the year to which the financial statements relate have been in accordance with this Act. |
(3) The Minister shall lay the report and financial statements of the Corporation, together with the report of the Auditor General, before each House of Parliament within twelve sitting days of that House after their receipt from the Corporation by the Minister.
| Audit. | 48. (1) The Corporation shall cause the financial records and accounts kept by the Corporation to be open to the inspection of the Auditor General and any person authorised by him to inspect them, and shall permit the Auditor General and any person so authorised to make and take copies of or extracts from them. |
| (2) The Auditor General has and shall exercise in respect of such accounts the powers conferred on him by the Audit Act, 1904 in respect of accounts, which are required to be inspected, examined, or audited under that Act, but shall arrange for a periodical or continuous audit of the accounts of the Corporation. |
PART VI.-MISCELLANEOUS.
Protection
| of | 49. A person who is or has been a member of the |
| members |
| etc. | Corporation or a committee of the Corporation is not liable for anything done or omitted to be done, in good faith, by him as such a member or by the Corporation or a committee of the Corporation. |
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50. (1) Subject to subsection (2), no rate, tax or =Tern
assessment shall be imposed, levied, charged or rati:W.°
made on any works or undertakings or on any land
acquired by or vested in the Corporation for any
purpose of this Act.
(2) If the Corporation leases any such land, the Corporation shall pay such rates, taxes and other assessments as would, but for subsection (1), have been imposed, levied, charged or made on such land.
51. When, in the opinion of the Corporation, it ?,,Tr,;cfung
has substantially fulfilled its objects, it shall advise Corporation.
the Minister accordingly and the Corporation shall be wound up in accordance with such directions as the Governor shall approve.
52. The Corporation may with the approval of maker to
the Governor make by-laws not inconsistent with by-laws.
this Act prescribing all matters that are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
SCHEDULE.
All that portion of land bounded by lines starting at the western corner of Swan Location 7898 and extending westerly and northerly along boundaries of Location 3324 and onwards to a point situate 200 metres north of the northern side of Road Number 3590; thence north-easterly to a point on the western boundary of the northern severance of Location 3323, situate 300 metres from the northern side of Road Number 3590; thence north-easterly to a point on the eastern boundary of the northern severance of Location 3323, situate 150 metres from the northern side of Road Number 3590; thence north-easterly to the north- western corner of Lot 4 of Location 1149; as shown on Land Titles Office Diagram 40753; thence southerly along the easternmost boundary of Perthshire Location 107 to a northern boundary of Class A Reserve 31048; thence gener- ally north-westerly, generally south-easterly, westerly and again generally south-easterly along boundaries of that
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reserve to the south-eastern corner of Swan Location 2734; thence south-westerly 475.8 metres along the south-easterly boundary of that location; thence 204 degrees, 20 minutes, 14.43 metres; thence 211 degrees 29 minutes, 63.709 metres; thence 218 degrees 39 minutes, 63.709 metres; thence 225 degrees 49 minutes, 63.709 metres; thence 232 degrees, 55 minutes, 63.522 metres; thence 237 degrees 53 minutes, 46.984 metres to the northern-most south-western boundary of Perthshire Location 101, as shown on Main Roads Department Plan 7631-305-1; thence south-easterly and south-westerly along boundaries of that location and onwards to the southern side of MULLALOO DRIVE: thence generally south-westerly along that side to the northern- most north-western corner of Swan Location 8278; thence north-easterly to and along the north-western boundary of Location 7811 to the south-eastern corner of Lot 1 of Location 1370, as shown on Land Titles Office Diagram 50288; thence generally westerly along southern boundaries of that lot to the prolongation south-westerly of the north- western boundary of Lot 597, as shown on Land Titles Office Plan 10951; thence north-easterly to and north-easterly and north-westerly along boundaries of that lot to a north- easterly boundary of Location 1370; thence north-westerly along that boundary to the starting point, as shown on Town Planning Department Plan 2.0169.
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