Legislative responsibilities

The Department was created under the Public Sector Management Act (1994) to assist the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure to administer those statutes that provide the legislative framework for integrated transport and planning for Western Australia. We also administer the following statutes:

Air Navigation Act (1937)
Carriers Act (1920)
Civil Aviation (Carriers Liability) Act (1961)
Damage by Aircraft Act (1964)
Fines Penalties & Infringement Notices Enforcement Act (1994)
Harbours and Jetties Act (1928)
Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Act (2000)
Jetties Act (1926)
Land Administration Act (1997)
Lights (Navigation Protection) Act (1938)
Marine Navigation Aids Act (1973)
Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act (1959)
Metropolitan Region Scheme (Fremantle) Act 1994
Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax Act (1959)
Pilots Limitation of Liability Act (1962)
Perth Parking Management Act (1999)
Planning Legislation Amendment Act (1999)
Pollution of Waters by Oil and Noxious (Amendment and Validation Act) 1990
Substances Act (1987)
Port Authorities Act (1999)
Rail Safety Act (1998)
Road Traffic Act (1974)
Sea Carriage of Goods Act (1997)
Shipping and Pilotage Act (1967)
Strata Titles Act (1985)
Taxi Act (1994)
Town Planning Development Act (1928)
Transport Coordination Act (1996)
Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission Act (1981)
Western Australian Marine Act (1982)
Western Australian Marine (Sea Dumping) Act (1982)
Western Australian Planning Commission Act (1985)

On behalf of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, the Department administers the following statutes:

Port Kennedy Development Agreement Act (1992)
Swan Valley Planning Act (1995)
Forrest Place and City Station Development Act (1985)

The Department advises the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure on the administration of the Eastern Goldfields Transport Act and generally on legislation covering government-owned transport agencies.

Under delegation from the Western Australian Planning Commission, the Department administers the Town Planning and Development Act (1928) and the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act (1959).

State Sustainability Strategy
The State Government's State Sustainability Strategy, which was launched in September 2003, requires agencies to address commitments and carry out actions in three areas:

• Planning, decision-making and reporting, so that these activities are conducted in accordance with sustainability principles;
• To ensure agency operations support sustainability; and
• To encourage and empower public sector employees to support sustainability.

Agencies are required to develop a three-year Sustainability Action Plan by 21 December 2004. The Department for Planning and Infrastructure is developing an action plan and the implenetation of the plan will be reported on in the 2004/05 annual report