Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (a) No
crab drop net, fishing net, marker buoy or other buoyed object shall be placed
or allowed to remain in any channel or fairway in any port or harbour, or in
any channel, fairway or passage in any navigable waters except by permission
of the Department.
(b) No
person shall sink, set adrift or abandon any vessel, wreck or thing liable to
obstruct the passage of or to cause damage to any vessel in any port, harbour
or navigable waters.
(c) The
owner of any vessel, wreck or thing which has been sunk, set adrift or
abandoned in any port, harbour or navigable waters, shall raise and remove the
same and where directions as to the removal are given to him by an officer of
the Department, the owner shall carry out the directions within such time as
is specified by the officer.
(d)
Where any vessel, wreck or thing is not removed in accordance with
subregulation (c), or where the officer of the Department is unable,
after making reasonable enquiries, to ascertain the identity or whereabouts of
the owner, the Department may remove the same or cause it to be removed and
the cost of such removal shall be deemed to be a debt due to the State by the
owner of the vessel, wreck or thing and may be recovered by action in a court
of competent jurisdiction.
(e) An
officer of the Department may remove any buoyed object (including floats and
attachments) found in any channel or fairway. A buoyed object so removed may
be retained in the possession of the Department until claimed by the owner or
person entitled to possession thereof. If no such claim is made within
3 months after possession by the Department, the object so possessed
shall be deemed to have been abandoned by the owner and may be disposed of
accordingly.
[Regulation 43 amended: Gazette
30 Oct 1967 p. 2593; 22 Sep 1978 p. 3504;
SL 2024/191 r. 15 and 41.]