Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The owner of a
ship is not entitled to limit his liability in respect of a claim that is made
by the master or any other member of the crew of the ship, or by a servant of
the owner on board the ship, or by a servant of the owner whose duties are
connected with the ship, where the claim arises from an occurrence of a kind
specified in subparagraph (1)(a) or (b) of Article 1 of the Limitation
Convention.
(2) The reference in
subsection (1) to the master or any other member of the crew of a ship,
or a servant of the owner of a ship on board the ship, or a servant of the
owner of a ship whose duties are connected with the ship, shall be read as
including a reference to the heirs, personal representatives and dependants of
the master or other member of the crew, or servant of the owner, as the case
may be.