Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Subject to this
section, the Commission may do all things necessary or convenient to be done
for or in connection with the performance of its functions.
(2) Without limiting
the generality of subsection (1), the Commission may —
(a)
carry on the general business of a ship owner in relation to any shipping
service operated by the Commission; and
(b)
purchase or take on lease or charter, ships required for carrying on the
business of the Commission; and
(c)
dispose of, lease or charter, any ship vested in or acquired by the
Commission, and sub-lease or sub-charter any ship on lease or charter to the
Commission; and
(d)
purchase or take on lease land, buildings, easements or wharves or other
property whatsoever which the Commission considers necessary for carrying on
the business of the Commission; and
(e)
exchange, dispose of, or grant leases of land, buildings, wharves, or any
other property whatsoever acquired by, or vested in, the Commission; and
(f)
purchase, or take on hire, plant, equipment, stocks, or other goods necessary
for carrying on the business of the Commission; and
(g)
dispose of plant, equipment, stocks or other goods acquired by, or vested in,
the Commission; and
(h)
engage in stevedoring operations; and
(i)
appoint agents for the purposes of the business of the
Commission; and
(j) act
as agent for other persons; and
(k)
train, or arrange for the training of, persons to fit them for employment as
officers or seamen in merchant ships; and
(l)
compound, release or settle claims by or against the Commission, whether in
contract or tort; and
(m) do
anything incidental to any of the powers conferred on the Commission by this
Act.
[Section 14 amended: No. 35 of 1997 s. 6.]