Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In the exercise of
its general powers in respect of the land placed under its control, a Board
may, among other things, do as follows —
(a)
fence in or otherwise enclose, clear, level, drain, plant, and form walks and
carriage drives through and over the land, or any part thereof; and
(b)
construct dams and reservoirs for the retention and formation of sheets of
water thereon; and
(c)
otherwise improve or ornament the land, and do all such things as are
calculated to adapt the land to the purposes of public recreation, health, and
enjoyment; and
(d)
establish and maintain zoological gardens therein; and
(e)
grant licences for the depasturing of animals on the land, and take for the
same such fees as the Board may, by any by-law, from time to time appoint; and
(f)
grant licences for the removal of any sand, gravel, or other earth or mineral,
and for cutting and removing wood under such restrictions, and at such
reasonable price, or such weekly, monthly, or yearly sum as the Board may
think fit.
(1a) A Board shall not
grant a licence under subsection (1)(e) or (f) unless —
(a) the
approval of the Minister has been first obtained; or
(b) the
purpose for which the land the subject of the proposed licence is placed under
the control of the Board is specifically that for which the licence is
proposed to be granted.
(2) Nothing in this
section contained shall be construed to limit the general powers of a Board.
[Section 5 amended: No. 59 of 1954 s. 2; No. 4 of
1972 s. 2; No. 50 of 1978 s. 3; No. 77 of 1982 s. 16; No. 8 of 1985 s. 2; No.
1 of 1990 s. 3; No. 5 of 1995 s. 12; No. 53 of 1998 s. 56; No. 76 of 2003 s.
10.]