Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts In this Act, unless
the contrary intention appears —
boat harbour means any place declared for the time
being to be a boat harbour under section 10(2);
CEO means the chief executive officer of the
Department;
controlled area means an area of water outside a
port that is declared under section 10(1c) to be an area in which pilotage
services are to be used;
controlling authority , when used in relation to a
boat harbour or a mooring control area, means the body corporate or the CEO,
as the case may be, specified as the controlling authority of the boat harbour
or mooring control area pursuant to section 10(2);
Department means the department of the Public
Service principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act;
harbour master of a port means —
(a) a
harbour master of the port appointed under section 4; or
(b) an
acting harbour master of the port appointed under the Interpretation Act 1984
section 52(1)(b); or
(c) a
deputy harbour master of the port appointed under section 7A when performing a
function of the harbour master as authorised by section 7A(2), (3) or (5);
marine safety plan has the meaning given to that
term in section 7B(1);
mooring control area means any place for the time
being declared to be a mooring control area pursuant to section 10(2);
pilotage area means a port or a controlled area;
port means an area of water, or land and water,
for the time being declared to be a port under section 10(1).
[Section 3 amended: No. 88 of 1978 s. 4; No. 26 of
1984 s. 3; No. 46 of 1993 s. 42; No. 47 of 1993 s. 29; No. 5 of 1999 s. 21 and
24(2); No. 71 of 2006 s. 4; No. 2 of 2019 s. 55, 60 and 61.]