(1) The functions of a port authority are ¾

(a) to facilitate trade within and through the port and plan for future growth and development of the port;

(b) to undertake or arrange for activities that will encourage and facilitate the development of trade and commerce generally for the economic benefit of the State through the use of the port and related facilities;

(c) to control business and other activities in the port or in connection with the operation of the port;

(d) to be responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the port;

(e) to be responsible for the maintenance and preservation of vested property and other property held by it; and

(f) to protect the environment of the port and minimise the impact of port activities on that environment.

(2) It is also a function of a port authority ¾

(a) to do things that its board determines to be conducive or incidental to the performance of a function referred to in subsection (1);

(aa) to use or exploit its fixed assets for profit so long as the proper performance of its functions under subsection (1) is not affected; or

(b) to do things that it is authorised to do by any other written law.

(3) A port authority may perform any of its functions in the State or elsewhere.

[Section 30 amended by No. 71 of 2003 s. 6.]