Western Australian Current Acts

PORT AUTHORITIES ACT 1999 - SECT 114B

114B .         Immunity from liability for damage to vessels

        (1)         Without limiting any other provision of this Part, a port authority is not liable for any loss or damage caused to a vessel in its port.

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1) or any other provision of this Part, a port authority is not liable for any loss or damage caused to a vessel in its port —

            (a)         that results from —

                  (i)         the master of the vessel complying with a direction given in good faith; or

                  (ii)         a thing done or omitted to be done in good faith in respect of the vessel,

                by the harbour master or a member of the staff of the port authority; or

            (b)         that results from a defect in a mooring, anchorage or berth, or anything else, provided by the port authority.

        [Section 114B inserted: No. 71 of 2003 s. 7.]