Harbours and Jetties Act 1928

Western Australia

An Act to amend the law relating to the liability of owners of ships for damage to harbours and jetties, and works connected therewith.

1.Short title

This Act may be cited as the Harbours and Jetties Act 1928 1.

2.Liability of owner or master in the case of a vessel under pilotage

The owner of a vessel, and the master of a vessel, shall be answerable under the provisions of the Acts set out in the schedule to this Act, for any loss or damage caused by the vessel, or by any fault of the navigation of the vessel, notwithstanding that the vessel was in charge of a pilot and that pilotage was compulsory.

[Section 2 amended by No. 25 of 1940 s. 2; No. 74 of 2003 s. 63.]

The Schedule

The Jetties Act 1926 — Section 12.

The Port Authorities Act 1999 — Section 113.

[The Schedule amended by No. 5 of 1999 s. 21 and 22.]

Notes

1This is a compilation of the Harbours and Jetties Act 1928 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 1a. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Harbours and Jetties Act 1928	38 of 1928	28 Dec 1928	28 Dec 1928
Harbours and Jetties Act Amendment Act 1940	25 of 1940	29 Nov 1940	29 Nov 1940
Reprint of the Harbours and Jetties Act 1928 approved 12 Jul 1960 in Volume 15 of Reprinted Acts (includes amendments listed above)
Port Authorities (Consequential Provisions) Act 1999 s. 21 & 22	5 of 1999	13 Apr 1999	14 Aug 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 13 Aug 1999 p. 3823)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 63	74 of 2003	15 Dec 2003	15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2)
Reprint 2: The Harbours and Jetties Act 1928 as at 9 Apr 2004 (includes amendments listed above)

1aOn the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 4 2	19 of 2010	28 Jun 2010	To be proclaimed (see s. 2(b))

2On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 4 had not come into operation. It reads as follows:

4.Schedule headings reformatted

(1)This section amends the Acts listed in the Table.

(2)In each Schedule listed in the Table:

(a)if there is a title set out in the Table for the Schedule — after the identifier for the Schedule insert that title;

(b)if there is a shoulder note set out in the Table for the Schedule — at the end of the heading to the Schedule insert that shoulder note;

(c)reformat the heading to the Schedule, as amended by paragraphs (a) and (b) if applicable, so that it is in the current format.

Act	Identifier	Title	Shoulder note
Harbours and Jetties Act 1928	The Schedule	Acts under which owner or master is liable	[s. 2]