Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The department,
and a port authority in relation to the port under its control and the
approaches thereto —
(a) may
establish any marine navigational aid;
(aa) may
enter into an agreement with any person who has established or who proposes to
establish a marine navigational aid providing for the transfer from that
person of the control of that aid;
(b) may
add to, alter or remove any such aid;
(c) may
alter the character of any such aid; and
(d)
shall maintain every such aid under its control.
(2) Any marine
navigational aid established by the department or a port authority before the
commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been established under
this Act.
(3) Where the
department or a port authority enters into an agreement pursuant to
paragraph (aa) of subsection (1) —
(a) any
marine navigational aid to which the agreement applies shall be deemed to have
been or to be established under this Act; and
(b)
provision shall be made in the agreement for the payment from time to time of
the expense incurred in the exercise of the powers conferred by
paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of that subsection.
[Section 3 amended by No. 66 of 1977
s. 2; No. 31 of 1980 s. 3.]