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Western Australia
Reserves Bill 2025
Contents
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
3. Act binds Crown 2
4. Terms used 2
5. Registrar of Titles to take certain measures 3
6. Timber reserve 145/25 redescribed 3
7. Reserve 18534 redescribed 3
8. Class A reserve 54509 -- Wandering Conservation
Park 3
9. Excision of areas from reserves 4
10. Change of classification of reserve 5225 --
Torndirrup National Park 5
11. Change of classification or purpose of class A
reserves 5
12. Reserves (National Parks, Conservation Parks,
Nature Reserves and Other Reserves) Act 2004
amended 6
Defined terms
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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Reserves Bill 2025
A Bill for
An Act --
• to reserve land for the purposes of national parks, conservation
parks and other purposes; and
• to change the classification or purpose of certain reserves; and
• to excise certain areas of land from reserves; and
• to effect other changes to land; and
• to amend the Reserves (National Parks, Conservation Parks,
Nature Reserves and Other Reserves) Act 2004 consequentially.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
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1 1. Short title
2 This is the Reserves Act 2025.
3 2. Commencement
4 This Act comes into operation as follows --
5 (a) sections 1 and 2 -- on the day on which this Act
6 receives the Royal Assent (assent day);
7 (b) sections 6 to 8 -- on the day after assent day;
8 (c) the rest of the Act -- on a day fixed by proclamation,
9 and different days may be fixed for different provisions.
10 3. Act binds Crown
11 This Act binds the Crown in right of Western Australia and, so
12 far as the legislative power of the Parliament permits, the Crown
13 in all its other capacities.
14 4. Terms used
15 (1) In this Act --
16 Authority means the Western Australian Land Information
17 Authority established by the Land Information Authority
18 Act 2006 section 5(1);
19 Conservation and Parks Commission means the Conservation
20 and Parks Commission established by the Conservation and
21 Land Management Act 1984 section 18(1);
22 conservation park has the meaning given in the Conservation
23 and Land Management Act 1984 section 3;
24 Deposited Plan or DP, followed by a number, means the
25 deposited plan of that number --
26 (a) lodged with the Authority; and
27 (b) approved by an authorised land officer;
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1 lot has the meaning given in the Land Administration Act 1997
2 section 3A(1);
3 national park has the meaning given in the Conservation and
4 Land Management Act 1984 section 3;
5 timber reserve has the meaning given in the Conservation and
6 Land Management Act 1984 section 3.
7 (2) If a term used in this Act is given a meaning in the Land
8 Administration Act 1997 section 3(1), it has the same meaning
9 in this Act.
10 5. Registrar of Titles to take certain measures
11 (1) The Registrar of Titles must take all necessary measures to
12 register the amendments effected by this Act.
13 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), this Act may be treated, as is
14 relevant, as if it were an order made by --
15 (a) the Minister for Environment under the Conservation
16 and Land Management Act 1984; or
17 (b) the Minister for Lands under the Land Administration
18 Act 1997 Part 4.
19 6. Timber reserve 145/25 redescribed
20 Timber reserve 145/25 is redescribed under the Conservation
21 and Land Management Act 1984 Part II so that timber
22 reserve 145/25 comprises lots 704 to 706 on DP 426780.
23 7. Reserve 18534 redescribed
24 Reserve 18534 is redescribed under the Land Administration
25 Act 1997 Part 4 so that reserve 18534 comprises lot 707 on
26 DP 426780.
27 8. Class A reserve 54509 -- Wandering Conservation Park
28 (1) Timber reserve 160/25 is cancelled.
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1 (2) The land comprising lots 700 to 703 on DP 426780 is --
2 (a) reserved under the Land Administration Act 1997 Part 4
3 for the purpose of a conservation park; and
4 (b) classified under that Act as a class A reserve (currently
5 known as class A reserve 54509).
6 (3) The care, control and management of class A reserve 54509 is,
7 under the Land Administration Act 1997 Part 4, placed with the
8 Conservation and Parks Commission.
9 9. Excision of areas from reserves
10 (1) A reserve specified in the Table is amended by excising the land
11 comprising the lot or lots specified for the reserve.
12 Table
Reserve Excised land
Reserve 49363 Lots 3811, 3813 and 3814 on
DP 53637
Reserve 49220 Lots 640 and 641 on
DP 417639
Reserve 5225 Lot 601 on DP 417651
13 (2) A class A reserve specified in the Table is amended by excising
14 the land comprising the lot or lots specified for the reserve.
15 Table
Class A reserve Excised land
Reserve 15386 Lot 800 on DP 417114
Reserve 16245 Lot 400 on DP 417109
Lot 302 on DP 45094
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Class A reserve Excised land
Lot 20984 on DP 184360
Reserve 8428 Lots 600 and 601 on
DP 417124
Reserve 31362 Lot 502 on DP 418238
Reserve 24258 Lot 500 on DP 417156
1 10. Change of classification of reserve 5225 -- Torndirrup
2 National Park
3 Reserve 5225 (as amended by section 9(1)) is classified under
4 the Land Administration Act 1997 Part 4 as a class A reserve.
5 11. Change of classification or purpose of class A reserves
6 (1) The purpose for which a class A reserve specified in the Table
7 is reserved under the Land Administration Act 1997 Part 4 is
8 changed as specified for the reserve.
9 Table
Class A reserve Existing purpose New purpose
Reserve 24258 national park and national park
(as amended by recreation
section 9(2))
Reserve 11776 water and conservation of
conservation of flora and fauna
flora and fauna
Reserve 21153 conservation of Aboriginal
flora and fauna heritage, culture
and conservation
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1 (2) A class A reserve specified in the Table is amended as
2 follows --
3 (a) the purpose for which the land is reserved under the
4 Land Administration Act 1997 Part 4 is changed as
5 specified for the reserve;
6 (b) the reserve ceases to be classified under that Act as a
7 class A reserve.
8 Table
Class A reserve Existing purpose New purpose
Reserve 25696 conservation of landscape
flora and fauna protection
Reserve 25697 conservation of landscape
flora and fauna protection
Reserve 44674 conservation of navigation,
flora and fauna communication,
meteorology,
survey and
conservation
9 12. Reserves (National Parks, Conservation Parks, Nature
10 Reserves and Other Reserves) Act 2004 amended
11 (1) This section amends the Reserves (National Parks,
12 Conservation Parks, Nature Reserves and Other Reserves)
13 Act 2004.
14 (2) Delete section 22.
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Defined terms
Defined terms
[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined.
The list is not part of the law.]
Defined term Provision(s)
assent day ..............................................................................................................2
Authority .......................................................................................................... 4(1)
Conservation and Parks Commission .............................................................. 4(1)
conservation park ............................................................................................. 4(1)
Deposited Plan ................................................................................................. 4(1)
DP .................................................................................................................... 4(1)
lot ..................................................................................................................... 4(1)
national park .................................................................................................... 4(1)
timber reserve .................................................................................................. 4(1)
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