PORTS AND MARITIME ADMINISTRATION ACT 1995 - SECT 66A
Application of Division
PORTS AND MARITIME ADMINISTRATION ACT 1995 - SECT 66A
Application of Division
66A Application of Division
(1) This Division applies to the following persons (referred to in this
Division as
"port users" ): (a) the owners of cargo loaded or unloaded in the course of
stevedoring operations at a designated port,
(b) the owners of vessels that
berth at a wharf, buoy or dolphin at a designated port,
(c) persons liable to
pay a site occupation charge at a designated port,
(d) persons who operate
road or rail cargo transport services as part of the
port-related supply chain.
(2) Unless the regulations otherwise provide,
owners of the following vessels are not
"port users" for the purposes of this Division: (a) vessels owned or operated
by the State or its agents,
(b) vessels owned or operated by the Commonwealth
or its agents,
(c) police or emergency services vehicles,
(d) fishing
vessels other than those used for commercial purposes,
(e) recreational or
pleasure vessels including sailing craft and personal watercraft, other than
those used for commercial purposes.