1Short title
This Act may be cited as the Iron Ore (Wittenoom) Agreement Act 1972 1.
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Bill homepageThis Act may be cited as the Iron Ore (Wittenoom) Agreement Act 1972 1.
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —
Joint Venturers has the same meaning as that expression has in the Agreement;
the Agreement means the agreement a copy of which is set out in Schedule 1, and if the Agreement is varied, from time to time, in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement includes the Agreement as so varied;
the Variation Agreement means the agreement a copy of which is set out in Schedule 2.
[Section 2 amended: No. 41 of 1992 s. 4.]
The Agreement is ratified.
The Variation Agreement is ratified and its implementation is authorised.
Without limiting or otherwise affecting the application of the Government Agreements Act 1979, the Variation Agreement shall operate and take effect notwithstanding any other Act or law.
[Section 3A inserted: No. 41 of 1992 s. 5.]
Notwithstanding any other Act or law and without limiting the effect of section 3, the Joint Venturers shall be allowed to enter upon the Crown lands referred to in paragraph (c) of subclause (1) of clause 2 of the Agreement to the extent and for the purposes provided in that paragraph.
Section 96 of the Public Works Act 1902 does not apply to any railway that the Joint Venturers have agreed to construct under the Agreement.
Section 277(5) of the Mining Act 1904 2 does not apply to any renewal of the rights of occupancy granted or to be granted pursuant to clause 2 of the Agreement.
The Governor may upon the recommendation of the Joint Venturers make, alter and repeal by‑laws for the purposes of, and in accordance with, the Agreement.
By‑laws made pursuant to this section —
shall be published in the Government Gazette;
take effect and have the force of law from the date they are so published or from such later date as is fixed by the by‑laws;
may prescribe penalties not exceeding $100 for breach of any of the by‑laws; and
are not subject to the provisions of section 36 of the Interpretation Act 1918 3, but the by‑laws shall be laid before each House of Parliament within 6 sitting days of the House next following the publication of the by‑laws in the Government Gazette.
1 This is a compilation of the Iron Ore (Wittenoom) Agreement Act 1972 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.
Short title | Number and year | Assent | Commencement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Iron Ore (Wittenoom) Agreement Act 1972 | 38 of 1972 | 16 Jun 1972 | 16 Jun 1972 | ||
Iron Ore (Wittenoom) Agreement Amendment Act 1992 | 41 of 1992 | 2 Oct 1992 | 2 Oct 1992 (see s. 2) | ||
Reprint 1: The Iron Ore (Wittenoom) Agreement Act 1972 as at 14 May 2004 (includes amendments listed above) | |||||
Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 4 | 19 of 2010 | 28 Jun 2010 | 11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341) | ||
2 Repealed by the Mining Act 1978.
3 Repealed by the Interpretation Act 1984.
4 Marginal notes in the agreement have been represented as bold headnotes in this reprint but that does not change their status as marginal notes.
[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)
Joint Venturers 2
the Agreement 2
the Variation Agreement 2
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