Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

FREMANTLE PORT AUTHORITY REGULATIONS 1971 - REG 138

138 .         Wharfage charges

        (1)         Subject to regulation 142, the consignee, consignor or owner of goods discharged from, to be shipped on or transhipped out of any vessel within the Port shall be subject to subregulation (2) pay — 

            (a)         the appropriate wharfage charge in regulation 139; and

            (b)         if applicable, the appropriate cargo berth hire charge in regulation 139A.

        (2)         No wharfage charge or cargo berth hire charge applies to cargo discharged at the port from a vessel in distress, or for the convenience of a vessel, if the cargo is subsequently loaded on to the same vessel before the vessel leaves the port.

        (3)         For the purposes of assessing charges for cargo containers under regulation 139 or 139A — 

        “40’ ” means a container the dimensions of which are 12.192 m x 2.4384 m x 2.5908 m; and

        “20’ ” means a container the dimensions of which are 6.096 m x 2.4384 m x 2.5908 m,

        and a container having an external length of less than 6.096 m shall be charged in the same proportion that the carrying potential of that container bears to a 20’ container.

        [Regulation 138 inserted by Gazette 22 June 1990 p.3085; amended by Gazette 5 July 1991 p.5374; 26 June 1992 p.2802; 23 July 1993 p.4039; 27 June 1995 p.2612.]