Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PORT AUTHORITIES ACT 1999 - SECT 4

4 .         Port authorities established

        (1)         The port authorities named in Schedule 1 are established for the ports named in that Schedule.

        (2)         A port authority is a body corporate with perpetual succession.

        (3)         Proceedings may be taken by or against a port authority in its corporate name.

        (4)         A port authority may use, and operate under, one or more trading names approved by the Minister.

        (5)         A trading name can be — 

            (a)         an abbreviation or adaptation of the port authority’s corporate name; or

            (b)         a name other than the port authority’s corporate name.