Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

ESPERANCE PORT AUTHORITY REGULATIONS 1969 - REG 72

72 .         Payment of wharfage dues, etc.

        (1)         All wharfage dues and other charges incurred and payable in respect of a cargo discharged or shipped, are payable to the Port Authority, forthwith upon permission being given by a competent officer of the Port Authority for the discharge or shipment thereof; but the Port Authority may, at its discretion and in the case of outward cargo only, accept from the consignor, owner, shipper or agent of the vessel in which the cargo is shipped a guarantee in writing that the wharfage dues and other charges will be paid within 24 hours of the clearance of the vessel.

        (2)         Inward cargo shall not be delivered to the consignee or owner thereof and outward cargo shall not be delivered to the vessel in which it is intended to be shipped, until the receipt of the Port Authority for the payment of all wharfage dues and other charges in respect of that cargo have been issued to the consignee or owner or to the shipper or master of the vessel in which the cargo is to be shipped, as the case may be.

        [Regulation 72 amended in Gazette 26 June 1992 p.2803.]