Annual Report 2008-2009 - Department of Transport

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Disclosures and Legal Compliance
Types of non-public Information held by Department for
Planning and Infrastructure
• operations information
• administrative information
• staff information
• licensing information (driver; vehicle; marine; aircraft)
• contract information
• taxi plate information
• Crown Land administrative information
The WAPC is established under the Planning and Development Act 2005. It
has a broad range of responsibilities, including:
• State planning strategy;
• State planning policies;
• Statutory planning;
• Region schemes;
• Legislation;
• Land supply; and
• Trends in planning.
For the purposes of Freedom of Information, the Department for Planning
and Infrastructure and the Western Australian Planning Commission are
considered to be one organisation. The Department also manages records
on behalf of the WAPC. These records include:
• development information;
• land subdivision information;
• strata information; and
• general WAPC information.
Until the WAPC has made a formal decision on land issues, it is Agency
policy that documents related to that issue are not available to the public.
More information, including the Annual Report of the WAPC, can be found
on the WAPC website at www.wapc.wa.gov.au>.
Department for Planning and Infrastructure website
Information
A wide range of information can be obtained from the Department’s website,
including organisational structure and functions of the Agency; lists of
publications available to the public; internal manuals used by staff; methods
of formulation of policies; office and library locations; licensing and vehicle
examination centre locations, as well as current projects and policies.
The website address is www.dpi.wa.gov.au