check-western-australia-legislation-l0cka

Check Western Australia Legislation

Use legislation.wa.gov.au as the controlling source. Produce a provenance record, not a bare assertion that legislation is "current".

Read the shared point-in-time method before performing a check. It defines the official-source rules, identity resolution, point-in-time selection and fail-closed boundary shared by every State and Territory checker in this plugin.

Workflow

1. Fix the scope.
   • Accept Western Australian Acts and subsidiary legislation.
   • Record the exact title, provision and requested date. If no date is given, use today's Australia/Perth date and state it explicitly.
   • Return OUTSIDE SCOPE for Bills, another jurisdiction, case treatment or a request for legal advice.
2. Resolve identity.
   • Search legislation.wa.gov.au and identify one official title page and instrument type. Treat multiple plausible titles as ambiguous.
3. Select the point-in-time version.
   • Select the official compilation or version covering the requested date.
   • Record its effective information, the title's present status and the exact URL.
   • Keep the title's present status separate from whether the selected compilation operated on the requested date.
4. Check commencement and currency.
   • Inspect commencement, amendment history, subsidiary legislation and currency notes relevant to the provision.
   • Treat future commencements as future law, not present operation.
5. Report using the required result contract.

Result contract

Lead with one status:

• VERIFIED — one official title and applicable version were identified with no unresolved qualification relevant to the request.
• VERIFIED WITH QUALIFICATIONS — identity and version were established, but an identified commencement, currency or authorisation limitation matters.
• NOT VERIFIED — official evidence is missing, inconsistent or insufficient.
• OUTSIDE SCOPE — the request is outside this Western Australian metadata and text check.