Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to this
Act, the functions of the Department are —
(a) to
administer, exercise and perform the powers and duties necessary or convenient
for the control and regulation in the State of marine and port affairs and
navigation;
(b) to
administer, exercise and perform the powers and duties necessary or convenient
for the provision and regulation in the State of pilotage services, except in
relation to ports where pilotage services are lawfully provided by a Port
Authority;
(c) to
advise the Minister on marine and port affairs;
(d) to
provide assistance and advice, when requested by a Port Authority, on matters
concerned with the promotion and development of the port for which that Port
Authority is responsible and on proposals for, or policy in respect of,
capital expenditure by the Port Authority;
(e) to
regulate, control, and promote measures desirable to ensure the safety of life
in connection with shipping and boating and to construct, maintain, and manage
facilities and equipment necessary for that purpose;
(f) to
construct, control, manage, operate, and maintain ports within the State,
other than those for which a Port Authority is responsible, and to provide
such plant, equipment, and facilities as are necessary for the administration
and operation of such ports;
(g) to
provide for the commercial development and promotion of the ports referred to
in paragraph (f);
(h) to
construct, control, manage, operate, and maintain fishing boat harbours within
the State and to provide such plant, equipment, and facilities as are
necessary for the administration and operation of such harbours;
(i)
to construct, provide, and maintain facilities and
services, both on land and water, that are desirable to meet the needs of
effective and efficient shipping and boating, both recreational and
commercial, including —
(i)
port works;
(ii)
jetties, landing places, slips, platforms, grids,
breakwaters, depots, and sheds;
(iii)
moorings;
(iv)
fishing industry facilities;
(v)
launching ramps;
(vi)
navigation aids;
(vii)
marine craft;
(j) to
preserve and protect property vested in or acquired by the Minister for the
purposes of this Act; and
(k) to
perform such other duties relating to marine and port affairs within the
State, not being inconsistent with this Act, as the Minister may from time to
time require.
(2) In this section
port works in relation to a port, includes any pier, quay, wharf, jetty,
bridge, viaduct, breakwater, embankment or dam, or any reclamation of land
from the sea or a river, or excavation, deepening, dredging or widening of any
channel, basin or other part of a harbour.