Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated ActsPreamble
Whereas it is expedient to obviate possible conflicts between the Common Law
and Admiralty Jurisdiction in this Colony, and to legalise by express
enactment the service and execution of common law process, civil or criminal,
in certain portions of the sea adjacent to the coast of this Colony: Be it
therefore enacted, by His Excellency the Governor of Western Australia and its
Dependencies, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council
thereof —
[Preamble amended by No. 19 of 2010
s. 50.]