Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) In this
section —
“authority” means a licence, permit,
registration, right, approval, exemption or other authority issued or granted
under a written law in relation to or in connection with
the transferred facilities;
“relevant Minister” means the Minister
administering the written law under which the authority concerned was issued
or granted.
(2) Any authority in
force immediately before the commencement day —
(a)
that —
(i)
is issued or granted to WMC Resources Ltd; or
(ii)
otherwise confers authority on that company to do or
refrain from doing any thing;
and
(b) that
is of a kind which the Water Corporation is required to hold,
continues to have
effect by force of this section as if it had been issued or granted to, or
conferred authority on, the Water Corporation.
(3) In relation to an
authority of a particular kind subsection (2) applies on and after the
commencement day until —
(a) an
authority of that kind, or an exemption from the requirement to hold an
authority of that kind, is issued or granted to the Water Corporation; or
(b) the
expiry of the period of 3 years, or such longer period as the relevant
Minister may determine, after the commencement day,
whichever first
occurs.
(4)
Subsections (2) and (3) have effect despite any provision of a written
law or any term or condition of an authority.
(5) The Water
Corporation must, as soon as is practicable after the commencement day, make
any application under a written law that is necessary for the purposes of
subsection (3)(a).