Western Australian Current Regulations

SHIPPING AND PILOTAGE (PORTS AND HARBOURS) REGULATIONS 1966 - REG 21

21 .         Anchoring etc. in port, masters’ duties as to

        (1)         The master of any vessel within a port — 

            (a)         shall anchor, moor or berth the vessel at the place appointed by the harbour master and in no other place;

            (b)         shall forthwith comply with any order of the harbour master requiring him or her — 

                  (i)         to move the vessel from its place in the port to any other place in the port; or

                  (ii)         to put down additional anchors or mooring lines to secure the vessel; or

                  (iii)         to slacken any anchor chains or ropes or mooring lines securing the vessel.

        (2)         The master of a vessel shall not, except in unavoidable circumstances or with the permission of the harbour master, beach the vessel within any port and, where a vessel is beached in a port, the master or owner of the vessel shall cause the vessel to be removed in accordance with the directions of the harbour master.

        [Regulation 21 amended: Gazette 4 Jun 2010 p. 2464‑6.]