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PERTH, FRIDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2020 No. 209 Original Document Creator: Bruce Smith WESTERN 4559 AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT ISSN 1448-949X (print) ISSN 2204-4264 (online) PRINT POST APPROVED PP665002/00041 PERTH, FRIDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2020 No. 209 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY GEOFF O. LAWN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER © STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA CONTENTS PART 1 Page Heritage Amendment (Valuation of Land) Regulations 2020.................................................. 4563 Local Government (Mingenew - Discontinuance of Ward System) Order 2020 ...................... 4581 Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2020 .................... 4582 Pay-roll Tax Assessment Amendment Regulations 2020 ........................................................ 4591 Pay-roll Tax Relief (COVID-19 Response) Amendment Regulations 2020 ............................. 4586 Police Regulations Amendment (Procurement) Regulations 2020 .......................................... 4589 Prisons Amendment Act 2020 Commencement Proclamation (No. 2) 2020............................ 4561 Prisons Amendment Regulations 2020 ..................................................................................... 4576 Procurement Act 2020 Commencement Proclamation (No. 2) 2020 ........................................ 4562 Procurement Regulations 2020 ................................................................................................. 4588 RWWA Rules of Harness Racing 2004 ...................................................................................... 4585 RWWA Rules of Thoroughbred Racing 2019 ............................................................................ 4585 Supreme Court Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2020 ...................................................................... 4565 ——— PART 2 Aerial Advertising ...................................................................................................................... 4592 Conservation .............................................................................................................................. 4592 Consumer Protection ................................................................................................................. 4596 Education ................................................................................................................................... 4597 Minerals and Petroleum ............................................................................................................ 4597 Planning ..................................................................................................................................... 4598 Premier and Cabinet .................................................................................................................. 4599 Public Notices ............................................................................................................................. 4601 Treasury and Finance ................................................................................................................ 4600 IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT NOTICE © State of Western Australia This work is copyright. 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GOVERNMENT GAZETTE PUBLISHING DETAILS FOR CHRISTMAS 2020 AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAY PERIOD 2021 ————— Publishing Closing Dates and Times Dates for copy Tuesday, 22 December 2020 Friday, 18 December 2020 at 12 noon Thursday, 24 December 2020 Wednesday, 23 December 2020 at 12 noon Thursday, 31 December 2020 Wednesday, 30 December 2020 at 12 noon The Government Gazette will not be published on Tuesday 29 December 2020 Tuesday 5 January 2021 The next edition will be published on Friday 8 January 2021 and copy will close 12 noon Wednesday 6 January 2021 18 December 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4561 — PART 1 — PROCLAMATIONS AA101 Prisons Amendment Act 2020 Prisons Amendment Act 2020 Commencement Proclamation (No. 2) 2020 SL 2020/243 Made under the Prisons Amendment Act 2020 section 2(b) by the Governor in Executive Council. 1. Citation This proclamation is the Prisons Amendment Act 2020 Commencement Proclamation (No. 2) 2020. 2. Commencement The Prisons Amendment Act 2020 sections 4(1), 12, 19 and 23(1) come into operation on 21 December 2020. K. BEAZLEY, Governor. L.S. F. LOGAN, Minister for Corrective Services. Notes: This proclamation brings into operation the remainder of the Prisons Amendment Act 2020. The Prisons Amendment Regulations 2020, other than regulations 1 and 2, come into operation on the day on which the Prisons Amendment Act 2020 sections 4(1), 12, 19 and 23(1) come into operation. ——————————— 4562 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 18 December 2020 AA102 Procurement Act 2020 Procurement Act 2020 Commencement Proclamation (No. 2) 2020 SL 2020/244 Made under the Procurement Act 2020 section 2(b) by the Governor in Executive Council. 1. Citation This proclamation is the Procurement Act 2020 Commencement Proclamation (No. 2) 2020. 2. Commencement of Act The following provisions of the Procurement Act 2020 come into operation on 1 June 2021 — (a) Part 7; (b) sections 40 to 51, 53 and 54; (c) Part 10 Divisions 1 to 3 and 5 to 7. K. BEAZLEY, Governor. L.S. B. WYATT, Minister for Finance. Note: The Procurement Regulations 2020, other than regulations 1 and 2, come into operation on the day on which the Procurement Act 2020 section 41 comes into operation. The Pay-roll Tax Assessment Amendment Regulations 2020, other than regulations 1 and 2, come into operation on the day on which the Procurement Act 2020 section 41 comes into operation. The Police Regulations Amendment (Procurement) Regulations 2020, other than Part 1, come into operation on the day on which the Procurement Act 2020 section 41 comes into operation. ——————————— 18 December 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4563 HERITAGE HR301 Heritage Act 2018 Heritage Amendment (Valuation of Land) Regulations 2020 SL 2020/246 Made by the Governor in Executive Council. 1. Citation These regulations are the Heritage Amendment (Valuation of Land) Regulations 2020. 2. Commencement These regulations come into operation as follows — (a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette; (b) the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day. 3. Regulations amended These regulations amend the Heritage Regulations 2019. 4. Part 5A inserted After regulation 44 insert: Part 5A — Valuation of land 44A. Taking account of matters affecting land use or development (1) This regulation applies when, under section 82(1)(a) of the Act, the Valuer-General takes into account restrictions on the use of land arising out of — (a) the entry of the land in the register; or (b) a heritage agreement to which the land is subject. (2) The Valuer-General may take into account other restrictions on the use of land, including — (a) a State planning policy as defined in the Planning and Development Act 2005 section 4(1); and (b) a local planning scheme; and 4564 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 18 December 2020 (c) another planning instrument as defined in the Planning and Development (Local Planning Schemes) Regulations 2015 regulation 77; and (d) a region planning scheme as defined in the Planning and Development Act 2005 section 4(1); and (e) an improvement plan referred to in the Planning and Development Act 2005 section 119; and (f) an improvement scheme as defined in the Planning and Development Act 2005 section 4(1); and (g) an approved redevelopment scheme as defined in the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority Act 2011 section 3; and (h) a document referred to in the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority Act 2011 section 7(1)(b)(i); and (i) a master plan in force under the Hope Valley-Wattleup Redevelopment Act 2000 Part 3. 44B. Supplementary valuation assumptions
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