Western Australian Current Acts

PORT AUTHORITIES ACT 1999 - SECT 105

105 .         Directions as to dangerous things

        (1)         In this section —

        owner , in relation to —

            (a)         a vessel or part of a vessel, means the owner immediately prior to the time of the loss or abandonment of the vessel or part of the vessel;

            (b)         a thing in the water that was in or on a vessel, means the owner of the vessel.

        (2)         For the purpose of performing his or her principal functions a harbour master may direct the owner of a dangerous thing in the port to do any or all of the following —

            (a)         to move the dangerous thing out of the port or to another place within it;

            (b)         to destroy the dangerous thing;

            (c)         to sink the dangerous thing.