Western Australia

                        Harbours and Jetties Act 1928


                              Western Australia

                        Harbours and Jetties Act 1928

                                  CONTENTS

    1.     Short title 1
    2.     Liability of owner or master in the case of a vessel under
           pilotage    1

           Schedule - Acts under which owner or master is liable

           Notes
      Compilation table     3



                              Western Australia


                        Harbours and Jetties Act 1928

An Act to amend the law relating to the liability of owners of ships for
damage to harbours and jetties, and works connected therewith.

1.    Short title


            This Act may be cited as the Harbours and Jetties Act 1928 1.

2.    Liability of owner or master in the case of a vessel under pilotage


            The owner of a vessel, and the master of a vessel, shall be
       answerable under the provisions of the Acts set out in the schedule
       to this Act, for any loss or damage caused by the vessel, or by any
       fault of the navigation of the vessel, notwithstanding that the
       vessel was in charge of a pilot and that pilotage was compulsory.

      [Section 2 amended by No. 25 of 1940 s. 2; No. 74 of 2003 s. 63.]
            Schedule - Acts under which owner or master is liable

                                                                      [s. 2]

      [Heading amended by No. 19 of 2010 s. 4.]

      The Jetties Act 1926 - Section 12.

      The Port Authorities Act 1999 - Section 113.

      [The Schedule amended by No. 5 of 1999 s. 21 and 22.]
                                    Notes
1     This is a compilation of the Harbours and Jetties Act 1928 and
    includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in
    the following table.  The table also contains information about any
    reprint.

                              Compilation table

|Short title      |Number  |Assent  |Commencement       |
|                 |and year|        |                   |
|Harbours and     |38 of   |28 Dec 1|28 Dec 1928        |
|Jetties Act 1928 |1928    |928     |                   |
|Harbours and     |25 of   |29 Nov 1|29 Nov 1940        |
|Jetties Act      |1940    |940     |                   |
|Amendment        |        |        |                   |
|Act 1940         |        |        |                   |
|Reprint of the Harbours and Jetties Act 1928 approved  |
|12 Jul 1960 in Volume 15 of Reprinted Acts (includes   |
|amendments listed above)                               |
|Port Authorities |5 of    |13 Apr 1|14 Aug 1999        |
|(Consequential   |1999    |999     |(see s. 2 and      |
|Provisions)      |        |        |Gazette 13 Aug 1999|
|Act 1999 s. 21 & |        |        |p. 3823)           |
|22               |        |        |                   |
|Statutes (Repeals|74 of   |15 Dec 2|15 Dec 2003 (see   |
|and Minor        |2003    |003     |s. 2)              |
|Amendments)      |        |        |                   |
|Act 2003 s. 63   |        |        |                   |
|Reprint 2: The Harbours and Jetties Act 1928 as at     |
|9 Apr 2004 (includes amendments listed above)          |
|Standardisation  |19 of   |28 Jun 2|11 Sep 2010 (see   |
|of Formatting    |2010    |010     |s. 2(b) and Gazette|
|Act 2010 s. 4    |        |        |10 Sep 2010        |
|                 |        |        |p. 4341)           |