Governor grants royal assent to Land Forces Event special powers Act

The Governor of Western Australia has assented, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the Land Forces Event (Special Powers) Act 2026, Act No. 15 of 2026. The assent was given on 16 September 2026 and is notified for public information in the Western Australian Government Gazette No. 120, published in Perth on Tuesday 22 September 2026, in the Parliament section under reference PA401, at page 2012. The notice is dated 17 September 2026 and signed by SAM HASTINGS, Clerk of the Parliaments.

The gazette records that the Act was passed by the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly during the First Session of the Forty Second Parliament. Royal assent is the final stage of the Western Australian legislative process, after which a bill becomes an Act of Parliament. The Western Australian Government Gazette is published by the Government Printer for the State of Western Australia on Tuesday and Friday of each week unless disrupted by public holidays or unforeseen circumstances, with special gazettes issued for notices of an urgent or particular nature.

What the assent notice records

• Title of Act: Land Forces Event (Special Powers) Act 2026
• Date of assent: 16 September 2026
• Act number: 15 of 2026
• Parliament: First Session of the Forty Second Parliament
• Assent given by: the Governor, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King
• Notice dated: 17 September 2026
• Signed by: SAM HASTINGS, Clerk of the Parliaments
• Gazette reference: PA401, Parliament section, page 2012

Scope of the published notice

The entry appears under the heading “Royal Assent to Bills” and is published “for public information”. It states only the title of the Act, the date on which assent was given and the Act number. The notice does not set out the powers conferred by the Act, the area to which it applies, its commencement date or any penalty provisions. Those operative details are contained in the Act as passed and published separately on the Western Australian legislation website.

The edition carrying the notice

The notice appears in the Western Australian Government Gazette No. 120, published by the Government Printer, ANDREW JONES, under ISSN 2204-4264 (online). The edition is dated Tuesday 22 September 2026 and is divided into the sections Agriculture and Food, Education, Fire and Emergency Services, Local Government, Minerals and Petroleum, Parliament, Planning and Public Notices. The Parliament section begins at page 2012, and the Land Forces Event (Special Powers) Act 2026 is the only Act to which assent is notified in this edition.

The assent adds the Land Forces Event (Special Powers) Act 2026 to the statute book of Western Australia and makes the gazette notice the authoritative public record of the date on which it received assent. Readers who need the operative provisions — including any special powers, affected areas or commencement arrangements — should consult the Act itself rather than the gazette entry.

Source: Western Australian Government Gazette, No. 120, 22 September 2026, Parliament, p. 2012 (official reference: PA401).