Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PORT AUTHORITIES REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 5

5 .         Vessel to maintain contact with port authority

        (1)         The master of a vessel, other than an Australian fishing vessel or a private vessel, that enters a port is to inform the port authority of the vessel’s movements while it is in the port by —

            (a)         maintaining radio contact with the port authority; or

            (b)         communicating with the port authority by another means approved by the port authority.

        (2)         In subregulation (1) —

        Australian fishing vessel means a vessel used for commercial fishing that is an Australian boat within the meaning of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 of the Commonwealth.