Obligations of State agencies
23 Obligations of State agencies
A State agency has the following obligations —
to cooperate with Infrastructure WA in the performance of Infrastructure WA’s functions;
to comply in a timely manner with —
requests for information under section 22, subject to section 22(5); and
the requirements of section 22(4) and (6), when relevant;
to align its strategies, plans and policies with, and implement —
the recommendations in the State Infrastructure Strategy that are relevant to the agency, to the extent to which the recommendations are supported by the current Government response; and
the relevant aspects of the State Infrastructure Programme.
To the extent to which there is inconsistency between the Government response and the State Infrastructure Programme, the more recent prevails for the purposes of subsection (1)(c).
If an obligation that a State agency has under this section conflicts or is inconsistent with an obligation that it has under the Act under which it is established or continued, the obligation under this section prevails to the extent to which the obligations conflict or are inconsistent.
If a State agency that is a department of the Public Service has an obligation under this section the chief executive officer of the department has the obligation.
No civil or criminal liability attaches to a State agency or any other person, and no invalidity arises, only because the agency or person has not complied with an obligation under this section.
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