Talk:Landgate

Trading Name
Landgate is the trading name for the Western Australian Land Information Authority (WALIA) which performs the Land Information Authority Act 2006 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.166.19.197 (talk) 12:57, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Part 2 — Western Australian Land Information Authority

 * 5. Authority established
 * (1) A body called the Western Australian Land Information Authority is established.
 * (2) The Authority is a body corporate with perpetual succession.
 * (3) Proceedings may be taken by or against the Authority in its corporate name.
 * 6. Status
 * The Authority is an agent of the State and, except as stated in section 72, has the status, immunities, and privileges of the State.
 * 7. Authority to be SES organisation
 * The Authority is to be an SES organisation under the Public Sector Management Act 1994.

Part 3 — Functions of Authority

 * 8. Dual objectives of Authority
 * It is intended that the Authority —
 * (a) act as a body through which the State performs certain functions related to land information on a basis that does not involve making a profit; and
 * (b) in addition to acting as described in paragraph (a), generate for the State a fair commercial return from providing goods and services on a basis that may involve making a profit.
 * 9. Functions
 * (1) The Authority’s main responsibilities include to provide, administer, and provide access to information in, land information systems as the laws of the State require.
 * (2) The land information systems provided under subsection (1) may include other information as well as the information that the laws of the State require them to contain and will include notifications of interests of a type determined by the Minister in accordance with subsection (3) and prescribed by regulation.
 * (3) The Minister will determine the types of interests in or notifications in respect of land that are issued or made by any public or private body, which must be notified to the Authority and be made publicly accessible on a basis which does not involve making a profit.
 * (4) The Authority may also provide, administer, and provide access to information in, land information systems other than those that are required by the laws of the State.
 * (5) The information that is in a land information system provided under subsection (1) or (4) may include information obtained from another person.
 * (6) The Authority’s main responsibilities under this Act also include to provide staff, systems, and other resources and support, and to provide services and facilities, for the performance of functions that any other Act gives to a member of the Authority’s staff.
 * (7) The Authority may also —
 * (a) under arrangements that may be agreed between the Authority and any other person keeping land information, whether in the public sector or the private sector and whether to comply with a statutory requirement or otherwise, provide goods and services to that person; and
 * (b) provide goods and services related to any of its other functions under this or any other Act or that it is able to provide because of expertise related to any of those functions.
 * (8) The Authority’s other responsibilities under this Act are to, at the request of the Minister or as the Authority considers appropriate —
 * (a) develop policy and advise the Minister or any public body on matters related to the Authority’s land information functions; and
 * (b) represent the State as a participant in the proceedings and activities of any body, whether local, national, or international, that has land information functions.
 * 10. Guiding principles
 * (1) In performing its functions under this Act, the Authority has to —
 * (a) act in a cost effective manner; and
 * (b) act on prudent commercial principles.
 * (2) The Authority has to perform its functions under this Act in a way that supports the sustainable economic, social, and environmental management and development of the State.
 * (3) In performing its functions under this Act, the Authority has to have regard to —
 * (a) the maintenance of the integrity of the registers and other records that it or a member of its staff is required by law to keep about interests in land and the valuation of land; and
 * (b) the importance of satisfying the land information needs of the State government; and
 * (c) the requirements of participants in the land information industry within the State.