❓ This parliamentary question scrutinises a Section 91 Licence granted for a Harry Potter event on Crown Land, focusing on the land's history, its classification, and potential impacts on registered Aboriginal heritage sites, particularly regarding due diligence and protection measures.
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On
23 April 2026, the Minister for Lands executed a Section 91 Licence to Occupy
Crown Land under the Land Administration
Act 1997 (WA) in favour of Kzemos Australia Pty Ltd for the Harry Potter
Forbidden Forest Experience.
The
licence is over Unallocated Crown Land (UCL) that was formerly part of the
Jorgensen Park reserve footprint, now
titled as Crown Reserve 50554, and I ask:
(a) will the Minister confirm whether the Section 91 Licence to Occupy Crown Land executed
on 23 April 2026 in connection with the Harry Potter Forbidden Forest
Experience
is
over Unallocated Crown Land that was formerly part of the Jorgensen Park
reserve
footprint,
now titled as Crown Reserve 50554 — and that for the purposes of that licence,
the
Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage is the direct Crown land manager of
the
licenced
UCL, with no management body between the Department and the Crown;
(b) will the Minister advise
whether the Department determined, before executing the
licence, whether the
geographic footprint of Registered Aboriginal Heritage Site
3758/SO2148 (Object ID 952:
Ceremonial, Mythological and Repository — Helena River)
and Site ID 25023, as
recorded on the Aboriginal Heritage Database, encompasses the
Unallocated Crown Land the
subject of the licence — noting that heritage site registration
under the Aboriginal
Heritage Act 1972 attaches to geographic location, not to land tenure
classification;
(c) if no assessment was made, in (b), of
whether the heritage site registration geographically
covers the UCL area, will
the Minister advise on what basis the Department concluded that
no heritage due diligence
obligations arose in relation to the UCL before the licence was
executed;
(d) will
the Minister advise whether the excision of the relevant land from the former Jorgensen
Park reserve — and its reclassification as Unallocated Crown Land — had any
effect
on the registration or protection of Heritage Site 3758/SO2148 under the
Aboriginal
Heritage
Database, and if so, what that effect was;
(e) do
the conditions of the Section 91 licence include any specific requirements to
protect registered
Aboriginal heritage sites within or geographically adjacent to the licenced UCL
area
during the event and associated works; and
(f) has
the Department taken any steps to determine whether they had encroached upon or disturbed
the geographic area of Registered Aboriginal Heritage Site 3758/SO2148
(Ceremonial,
Mythological
and Repository — Helena River) as recorded on the Aboriginal
Heritage
Database?
Answered on
23 April 2026, the Minister for Lands executed a Section 91 Licence to Occupy
Crown Land under the Land Administration
Act 1997 (WA) in favour of Kzemos Australia Pty Ltd for the Harry Potter
Forbidden Forest Experience.
The
licence is over Unallocated Crown Land (UCL) that was formerly part of the
Jorgensen Park reserve footprint, now
titled as Crown Reserve 50554, and I ask:
(a) will the Minister confirm whether the Section 91 Licence to Occupy Crown Land executed
on 23 April 2026 in connection with the Harry Potter Forbidden Forest
Experience
is
over Unallocated Crown Land that was formerly part of the Jorgensen Park
reserve
footprint,
now titled as Crown Reserve 50554 — and that for the purposes of that licence,
the
Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage is the direct Crown land manager of
the
licenced
UCL, with no management body between the Department and the Crown;
(b) will the Minister advise
whether the Department determined, before executing the
licence, whether the
geographic footprint of Registered Aboriginal Heritage Site
3758/SO2148 (Object ID 952:
Ceremonial, Mythological and Repository — Helena River)
and Site ID 25023, as
recorded on the Aboriginal Heritage Database, encompasses the
Unallocated Crown Land the
subject of the licence — noting that heritage site registration
under the Aboriginal
Heritage Act 1972 attaches to geographic location, not to land tenure
classification;
(c) if no assessment was made, in (b), of
whether the heritage site registration geographically
covers the UCL area, will
the Minister advise on what basis the Department concluded that
no heritage due diligence
obligations arose in relation to the UCL before the licence was
executed;
(d) will
the Minister advise whether the excision of the relevant land from the former Jorgensen
Park reserve — and its reclassification as Unallocated Crown Land — had any
effect
on the registration or protection of Heritage Site 3758/SO2148 under the
Aboriginal
Heritage
Database, and if so, what that effect was;
(e) do
the conditions of the Section 91 licence include any specific requirements to
protect registered
Aboriginal heritage sites within or geographically adjacent to the licenced UCL
area
during the event and associated works; and
(f) has
the Department taken any steps to determine whether they had encroached upon or disturbed
the geographic area of Registered Aboriginal Heritage Site 3758/SO2148
(Ceremonial,
Mythological
and Repository — Helena River) as recorded on the Aboriginal
Heritage
Database?
Answered on
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